From 8967976443f6eb13f037e031b015b1764006033c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:38:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure xml object is viable before testing family type

---
 src/_pytest/junitxml.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/_pytest/junitxml.py b/src/_pytest/junitxml.py
index 96755cf5b..e2e1d43bb 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/junitxml.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/junitxml.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def record_xml_attribute(request):
     attr_func = add_attr_noop
     xml = getattr(request.config, "_xml", None)
 
-    if xml.family != "xunit1":
+    if xml is not None and xml.family != "xunit1":
         request.node.warn(
             PytestWarning(
                 "record_xml_attribute is incompatible with junit_family: "