diff --git a/mistral/actions/std_actions.py b/mistral/actions/std_actions.py
index ef9e41b67..a779ccdd8 100644
--- a/mistral/actions/std_actions.py
+++ b/mistral/actions/std_actions.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class HTTPAction(actions.Action):
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.debug("HTTP action response is not json.")
             content = resp.content
-            if resp.encoding != 'utf-8':
+            if content and resp.encoding != 'utf-8':
                 content = content.decode(resp.encoding).encode('utf-8')
 
         _result = {
diff --git a/mistral/tests/unit/actions/test_std_http_action.py b/mistral/tests/unit/actions/test_std_http_action.py
index f45569a8f..af6fe6e0a 100644
--- a/mistral/tests/unit/actions/test_std_http_action.py
+++ b/mistral/tests/unit/actions/test_std_http_action.py
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ def get_error_fake_response():
     )
 
 
+def get_fake_response(content, code, **kwargs):
+    return base.FakeHTTPResponse(
+        content,
+        code,
+        **kwargs
+    )
+
+
 class HTTPActionTest(base.BaseTest):
     @mock.patch.object(requests, 'request')
     def test_http_action(self, mocked_method):
@@ -207,3 +215,60 @@ class HTTPActionTest(base.BaseTest):
             proxies=None,
             verify=None
         )
+
+    @mock.patch.object(requests, 'request')
+    def test_http_action_empty_resp(self, mocked_method):
+        action = std.HTTPAction(
+            url=URL,
+            method='GET',
+            timeout=20,
+            allow_redirects=True
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(URL, action.url)
+
+        mocked_method.return_value = get_fake_response(
+            content=None, code=200, encoding=None
+        )
+        mock_ctx = mock.Mock()
+        result = action.run(mock_ctx)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(result['content'])
+        self.assertEqual(200, result['status'])
+
+        mocked_method.assert_called_with(
+            'GET',
+            URL,
+            headers=None,
+            cookies=None,
+            params=None,
+            data=None,
+            timeout=20,
+            auth=None,
+            allow_redirects=True,
+            proxies=None,
+            verify=None
+        )
+
+        mocked_method.return_value = get_fake_response(
+            content='', code=204, encoding=None
+        )
+        mock_ctx = mock.Mock()
+        result = action.run(mock_ctx)
+
+        self.assertEqual('', result['content'])
+        self.assertEqual(204, result['status'])
+
+        mocked_method.assert_called_with(
+            'GET',
+            URL,
+            headers=None,
+            cookies=None,
+            params=None,
+            data=None,
+            timeout=20,
+            auth=None,
+            allow_redirects=True,
+            proxies=None,
+            verify=None
+        )