check that index_names is not None

Author: r00ta

pandas/io/parsers.py

@@ -3208,8 +3208,7 @@ def _get_empty_meta(columns, index_col, index_names, dtype=None):
         for k, v in compat.iteritems(_dtype):
             col = columns[k] if is_integer(k) else k
             dtype[col] = v
-
-    if index_col is None or index_col is False:
+    if index_col is None or index_col is False or index_names is None:
         index = Index([])
     else:
         data = [Series([], dtype=dtype[name]) for name in index_names]