diff --git a/app/models/ci/build_trace_chunk.rb b/app/models/ci/build_trace_chunk.rb
index e7c56b94751..b724d0cb517 100644
--- a/app/models/ci/build_trace_chunk.rb
+++ b/app/models/ci/build_trace_chunk.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module Ci
     end
 
     def append(new_data, offset)
-      raise ArgumentError, 'New data is nil' unless new_data
+      raise ArgumentError, 'New data is missing' unless new_data
       raise ArgumentError, 'Offset is out of range' if offset > size || offset < 0
       raise ArgumentError, 'Chunk size overflow' if CHUNK_SIZE < (offset + new_data.bytesize)