diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php
index bf110f8918b4..57bdcc294d8f 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function class_uses_recursive($class)
     /**
      * Encode HTML special characters in a string.
      *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\DeferringDisplayableValue|\Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Htmlable|string  $value
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\DeferringDisplayableValue|\Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Htmlable|string|null  $value
      * @param  bool  $doubleEncode
      * @return string
      */
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function e($value, $doubleEncode = true)
             return $value->toHtml();
         }
 
-        return htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode);
+        return htmlspecialchars($value ?? '', ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8', $doubleEncode);
     }
 }