diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index f33c3c3e68..305e615eab 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -834,6 +834,11 @@ def text(self):
             #
             # So we try blindly encoding.
             content = str(self.content, errors='replace')
+        except TypeError:
+            # A TypeError can be raised if encoding is None
+            #
+            # So we try blindly encoding.
+            content = str(self.content, errors='replace')
 
         return content