From 0de4d0a2e1d99e59b972a21feeaf99d8b72ba65f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthur <worldnomad@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:09:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] 12237 fix data_as_string

---
 netbox/core/models/data.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/netbox/core/models/data.py b/netbox/core/models/data.py
index efde7158d..a2a20f858 100644
--- a/netbox/core/models/data.py
+++ b/netbox/core/models/data.py
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ class DataFile(models.Model):
 
     @property
     def data_as_string(self):
+        if not self.data:
+            return None
         try:
             return bytes(self.data, 'utf-8')
         except UnicodeDecodeError: