diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
index 3f1bccaccfc..331cb8e16f4 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/gemini/vertex_and_google_ai_studio_gemini.py
@@ -1281,6 +1281,8 @@ class VertexGeminiConfig(VertexAIBaseConfig, BaseConfig):
             _content_str = ""
             if "text" in part:
                 text_content = part["text"]
+                if text_content is None:
+                    continue
                 # Check if text content is audio data URI - if so, exclude from text content
                 if text_content.startswith("data:audio") and ";base64," in text_content:
                     try:
@@ -1389,6 +1391,8 @@ class VertexGeminiConfig(VertexAIBaseConfig, BaseConfig):
         for part in parts:
             if "text" in part:
                 text_content = part["text"]
+                if text_content is None:
+                    continue
                 # Check if text content contains audio data URI
                 if text_content.startswith("data:audio") and ";base64," in text_content:
                     try: