diff --git a/telebot/types.py b/telebot/types.py
index 3358965b5..6ec9d8d4d 100644
--- a/telebot/types.py
+++ b/telebot/types.py
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ def to_dict(self):
                 "offset": self.offset,
                 "length": self.length,
                 "url": self.url,
-                "user": self.user.to_dict(),
+                "user": self.user.to_dict() if self.user else None,
                 "language": self.language,
                 "custom_emoji_id": self.custom_emoji_id}