diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index 7963aa462f15b..cf3848efb5b44 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ def create
       end
 
       def load_attributes_from_response(response)
-        if response['Content-Length'] != "0" && response.body.strip.size > 0
+        if !response['Content-Length'].blank? && response['Content-Length'] != "0" && !response.body.nil? && response.body.strip.size > 0
           load(self.class.format.decode(response.body))
         end
       end