diff --git a/beets/mediafile.py b/beets/mediafile.py
index 39c9ee21c..7b1b79f72 100644
--- a/beets/mediafile.py
+++ b/beets/mediafile.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def _sc_decode(soundcheck):
     try:
         soundcheck = soundcheck.replace(' ', '').decode('hex')
         soundcheck = struct.unpack('!iiiiiiiiii', soundcheck)
-    except struct.error:
+    except (struct.error, TypeError):
         # SoundCheck isn't in the format we expect, so return default
         # values.
         return 0.0, 0.0