diff --git a/cocos/2d/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp b/cocos/2d/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp
index 3404675922..1434eea8e6 100644
--- a/cocos/2d/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp
+++ b/cocos/2d/platform/CCFileUtils.cpp
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@ static Data getData(const std::string& filename, bool forString)
 std::string FileUtils::getStringFromFile(const std::string& filename)
 {
     Data data = getData(filename, true);
+    if (! data.getBytes())
+    	return "";
     std::string ret((const char*)data.getBytes());
     return ret;
 }