diff --git a/rootfs/scheduler/__init__.py b/rootfs/scheduler/__init__.py
index b9b07ed7f..360753660 100644
--- a/rootfs/scheduler/__init__.py
+++ b/rootfs/scheduler/__init__.py
@@ -1209,6 +1209,9 @@ def get_secret(self, namespace, name):
         # decode the base64 data
         secrets = response.json()
         for key, value in secrets['data'].items():
+            if value is None:
+                secrets['data'][key] = ""
+                continue
             value = base64.b64decode(value)
             value = value if isinstance(value, bytes) else bytes(value, 'UTF-8')
             secrets['data'][key] = value.decode(encoding='UTF-8')