diff --git a/examples/rag/use_own_knowledge_dataset.py b/examples/rag/use_own_knowledge_dataset.py
index eb91ba26da..bfdec26275 100644
--- a/examples/rag/use_own_knowledge_dataset.py
+++ b/examples/rag/use_own_knowledge_dataset.py
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ def split_documents(documents: dict) -> dict:
     """Split documents into passages"""
     titles, texts = [], []
     for title, text in zip(documents["title"], documents["text"]):
-        for passage in split_text(text):
-            titles.append(title)
-            texts.append(passage)
+        if text is not None:
+            for passage in split_text(text):
+                titles.append(title if title is not None else "")
+                texts.append(passage)
     return {"title": titles, "text": texts}