diff --git a/liblinphone/tools/metadoc.py b/liblinphone/tools/metadoc.py
index fc8e92c9a8..04c695eeeb 100644
--- a/liblinphone/tools/metadoc.py
+++ b/liblinphone/tools/metadoc.py
@@ -390,9 +390,12 @@ class Parser:
 		paramList = ParameterList()
 		for paramItemNode in paramListNode.findall('./parameteritem'):
 			name = metaname.ArgName()
-			name.from_snake_case(paramItemNode.find('./parameternamelist/parametername').text)
-			desc = self.parse_description(paramItemNode.find('parameterdescription'))
-			paramList.parameters.append(ParameterDescription(name, desc))
+			paramNameNode = paramItemNode.find('./parameternamelist/parametername')
+			paramNameText = paramNameNode.text if paramNameNode is not None and paramNameNode.text else ''
+			if paramNameText:
+				name.from_snake_case(paramNameText)
+				desc = self.parse_description(paramItemNode.find('parameterdescription'))
+				paramList.parameters.append(ParameterDescription(name, desc))
 		return paramList
 	def _parse_itemized_list(self, itemListNode):
 		paragraphs = []