diff --git a/lib/winston/logger.js b/lib/winston/logger.js
index 130a8aba1..97fba6428 100755
--- a/lib/winston/logger.js
+++ b/lib/winston/logger.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Logger.prototype.log = function (level) {
   //    logger.info('No interpolation symbols', 'ok', 'why', { meta: 'is-this' });
   //
   var metaType  = Object.prototype.toString.call(args[args.length - 1]),
-      fmtMatch  = args[0].match && args[0].match(formatRegExp),
+      fmtMatch  = args[0] && args[0].match && args[0].match(formatRegExp),
       isFormat  = fmtMatch && fmtMatch.length,
       validMeta = !isFormat
         ? metaType === '[object Object]' || metaType === '[object Error]' || metaType === '[object Array]'
diff --git a/test/logger-test.js b/test/logger-test.js
index bc3773441..d85f7be4d 100755
--- a/test/logger-test.js
+++ b/test/logger-test.js
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ vows.describe('winton/logger').addBatch({
       ]
     }),
     "the log() method": {
+      "when passed undefined should not throw": function (logger) {
+        assert.doesNotThrow(function () { logger.log('info', undefined) });
+      },
       "when passed an Error object as meta": {
         topic: function (logger) {
           logger.once('logging', this.callback);