diff --git a/Classes/Indexer/Types/Page.php b/Classes/Indexer/Types/Page.php
index 5a61b653..e0280ebf 100644
--- a/Classes/Indexer/Types/Page.php
+++ b/Classes/Indexer/Types/Page.php
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ public function storeFileContentToIndex($fileObject, $content, $fileIndexerObjec
         }
 
         $abstract = '';
-        if ($metadata['description']) {
+        if ($metadata['description'] ?? null) {
             $abstract = $metadata['description'];
             $content = $metadata['description'] . "\n" . $content;
         }