diff --git a/app/models/channel/driver/imap.rb b/app/models/channel/driver/imap.rb
index af67bf76b..abe238500 100644
--- a/app/models/channel/driver/imap.rb
+++ b/app/models/channel/driver/imap.rb
@@ -234,9 +234,10 @@ example
         NOTICE
         Rails.logger.error "Net::IMAP failed to parse message #{message_id}: #{e.message} (#{e.class})"
         Rails.logger.error '(See https://github.com/zammad/zammad/issues/2754 for more details)'
-        next
       end
 
+      next if message_meta.nil?
+
       # ignore verify messages
       next if !messages_is_too_old_verify?(message_meta, count, count_all)