diff --git a/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py b/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py
index d22eafada16..f0f977aa0b5 100644
--- a/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py
+++ b/tensorflow/api_template.__init__.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ from tensorflow.python.lib.io import file_io as _fi
 
 # Get sitepackages directories for the python installation.
 _site_packages_dirs = []
-_site_packages_dirs += [_site.USER_SITE]
+_site_packages_dirs += [] if _site.USER_SITE is None else [_site.USER_SITE]
 _site_packages_dirs += [_p for _p in _sys.path if 'site-packages' in _p]
 if 'getsitepackages' in dir(_site):
   _site_packages_dirs += _site.getsitepackages()