diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_pdf.py b/frappe/tests/test_pdf.py
index 4ae8e8ff3c8..243cd0f7b24 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_pdf.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_pdf.py
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ def test_read_options_from_html(self):
 		# so it should not be extracted into options
 		self.assertFalse(options.get("margin-right"))
 
+	def test_empty_style(self):
+		html = """<style></style>
+			<div class="more-info">Hello</div>
+		"""
+		_, options = pdfgen.read_options_from_html(html)
+		self.assertTrue(options)
+
 	def test_pdf_encryption(self):
 		password = "qwe"
 		pdf = pdfgen.get_pdf(self.html, options={"password": password})
diff --git a/frappe/utils/pdf.py b/frappe/utils/pdf.py
index 7325f872013..a5de5808b9b 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/pdf.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/pdf.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import frappe
 from frappe import _
 from frappe.core.doctype.file.utils import find_file_by_url
-from frappe.utils import scrub_urls
+from frappe.utils import cstr, scrub_urls
 from frappe.utils.jinja_globals import bundled_asset, is_rtl
 
 PDF_CONTENT_ERRORS = [
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def get_print_format_styles(soup: BeautifulSoup) -> list[cssutils.css.Property]:
 
 	# Prepare a css stylesheet from all the style tags' contents
 	for style_tag in style_tags:
-		stylesheet += style_tag.string
+		stylesheet += cstr(style_tag.string)
 
 	# Use css parser to tokenize the classes and their styles
 	parsed_sheet = cssutils.parseString(stylesheet)