diff --git a/searchtweets/result_stream.py b/searchtweets/result_stream.py
index 41cf943..c48b54b 100644
--- a/searchtweets/result_stream.py
+++ b/searchtweets/result_stream.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def expand_payload(payload):
                 poll_id = payload["poll_ids"][-1] # always 1, only 1 poll per tweet.
                 payload["poll"] = includes_polls[poll_id]
 
-            if "geo" in payload:
+            if "geo" in payload and "place_id" in payload["geo"]:
                 place_id = payload["geo"]['place_id']
                 payload["geo"] = merge_dicts(payload["geo"], includes_places[place_id])