diff --git a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/dunning/dunning.py b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/dunning/dunning.py
index 5b6fe1bd40b025a60144de8d7c166238a0fc8234..48f128970452546f499328399a09288bd2481cc4 100644
--- a/erpnext/accounts/doctype/dunning/dunning.py
+++ b/erpnext/accounts/doctype/dunning/dunning.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ def get_dunning_letter_text(dunning_type: str, doc: str | dict, language: str |
 	if not language:
 		language = doc.get("language")
 
+	letter_text = None
 	if language:
 		letter_text = frappe.db.get_value(
 			DOCTYPE, {"parent": dunning_type, "language": language}, FIELDS, as_dict=1