diff --git a/openslides/application/views.py b/openslides/application/views.py
index b731704c6..2879f374e 100644
--- a/openslides/application/views.py
+++ b/openslides/application/views.py
@@ -828,8 +828,9 @@ class ApplicationPDF(PDFView):
         # text
         story.append(Paragraph("%s" % application.public_version.text.replace('\r\n','<br/>'), stylesheet['Paragraph']))
         # reason
-        story.append(Paragraph(_("Reason")+":", stylesheet['Heading3']))
-        story.append(Paragraph("%s" % application.public_version.reason.replace('\r\n','<br/>'), stylesheet['Paragraph']))
+        if application.public_version.reason:
+            story.append(Paragraph(_("Reason")+":", stylesheet['Heading3']))
+            story.append(Paragraph("%s" % application.public_version.reason.replace('\r\n','<br/>'), stylesheet['Paragraph']))
         return story