1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/external/file/remote.rb b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/external/file/remote.rb
index 567a86c47e5..cc8a86db4d3 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/ci/config/external/file/remote.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/ci/config/external/file/remote.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module Gitlab
                 errors.push("Remote file `#{location}` could not be fetched because of HTTP code `#{response.code}` error!")
               end
 
-              response.to_s if errors.none?
+              response&.body.to_s if errors.none?
             end
           end
         end