diff --git a/lib/id3v2/ID3v2Parser.ts b/lib/id3v2/ID3v2Parser.ts
index 8f89c4d6..93c29ac9 100644
--- a/lib/id3v2/ID3v2Parser.ts
+++ b/lib/id3v2/ID3v2Parser.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class ID3v2Parser {
     await (id3Header.flags.isExtendedHeader ? this.parseExtendedHeader() : this.parseId3Data(id3Header.size));
 
     // Post process
-    const chapters = ID3v2Parser.mapId3v2Chapters(this.metadata.native[this.headerType], this.metadata.format.sampleRate);
+    const chapters = ID3v2Parser.mapId3v2Chapters(this.metadata.native[this.headerType]);
     this.metadata.setFormat('chapters', chapters);
   }
 
@@ -178,10 +178,9 @@ export class ID3v2Parser {
    * This function expects the `native` tags already to contain parsed `CHAP` and `CTOC` frame values,
    * as produced by `FrameParser.readData`.
    */
-  private static mapId3v2Chapters(
-    id3Tags: ITag[],
-    sampleRate?: number
-  ): IChapter[] | undefined {
+  private static mapId3v2Chapters(id3Tags?: ITag[]): IChapter[] | undefined {
+
+    if (!id3Tags) return;
 
     const chapFrames = id3Tags.filter(t => t.id === 'CHAP') as any[] | undefined;
     if (!chapFrames?.length) return;
diff --git a/test/samples/mp3/notags.mp3 b/test/samples/mp3/notags.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40a38fb1
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/samples/mp3/notags.mp3 differ
diff --git a/test/test-file-mp3.ts b/test/test-file-mp3.ts
index 0ffcefc0..44da780e 100644
--- a/test/test-file-mp3.ts
+++ b/test/test-file-mp3.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ describe('Parse MP3 files', () => {
 
   const mp3SamplePath = path.join(samplePath, 'mp3');
 
+  it('should handle MP3 without any tags', async () => {
+    const filePath = path.join(mp3SamplePath, 'notags.mp3');
+    const {format, native} = await mm.parseFile(filePath, {includeChapters: true});
+    assert.strictEqual(format.container, 'MPEG');
+    assert.strictEqual(format.codec, 'MPEG 2 Layer 3');
+    assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(native).length, 0, 'Should be empty');
+  });
+
   describe('Test patterns for ISO/MPEG ', () => {
 
     it.skip('ISO/MPEG 1 Layer 1', async () => {