1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/WixToolset.Core.WindowsInstaller/Decompile/Decompiler.cs b/src/WixToolset.Core.WindowsInstaller/Decompile/Decompiler.cs
index 80ee75a5..d11a890c 100644
--- a/src/WixToolset.Core.WindowsInstaller/Decompile/Decompiler.cs
+++ b/src/WixToolset.Core.WindowsInstaller/Decompile/Decompiler.cs
@@ -4152,7 +4152,7 @@ namespace WixToolset.Core.WindowsInstaller
             {
                 var xComponent = new XElement(Names.ComponentElement,
                     new XAttribute("Id", row.FieldAsString(0)),
-                    row.IsColumnEmpty(1) ? null : new XAttribute("Guid", row.FieldAsString(1)));
+                    new XAttribute("Guid", row.FieldAsString(1) ?? String.Empty));
 
                 var attributes = row.FieldAsInteger(3);