diff --git a/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py b/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
index 1dd3be4..de7af7b 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ class AutopkgtestPolicy(BasePolicy):
                         if not data:
                             break
                         f_out.write(data)
-                if http_code and os.path.getsize(new_file) != int(f.getheader('content-length')):
+                content_length = f.getheader('content-length')
+                if http_code and content_length and os.path.getsize(new_file) != content_length:
                     self.logger.info('Short read downloading autopkgtest results')
                     os.unlink(new_file)
                 else: