diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
index a5912cd7a13..0c8e8e751e3 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class _rml_flowable(object):
     def _illustration(self, node):
         class Illustration(platypus.flowables.Flowable):
             def __init__(self, node, localcontext, styles, self2):
-                self.localcontext = localcontext.copy()
+                self.localcontext = (localcontext or {}).copy()
                 self.node = node
                 self.styles = styles
                 self.width = utils.unit_get(node.get('width'))