diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 530bd4f67..28949b307 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@ def scrape_lyrics_from_url(url):
     """
     from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, Tag, Comment
     html = fetch_url(url)
+    if not html:
+        return None
+
     soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
 
     for tag in soup.findAll('br'):