diff --git a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
index 0786f1ec3..8dbab29ad 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/prompt_templates/factory.py
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ def cohere_messages_pt_v2(
         assistant_tool_calls: List[ToolCallObject] = []
         ## MERGE CONSECUTIVE ASSISTANT CONTENT ##
         while msg_i < len(messages) and messages[msg_i]["role"] == "assistant":
-            if isinstance(messages[msg_i]["content"], list):
+            if messages[msg_i].get("content", None) is not None and  isinstance(messages[msg_i]["content"], list):
                 for m in messages[msg_i]["content"]:
                     if m.get("type", "") == "text":
                         assistant_content += m["text"]