diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/FileAPI/File.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/FileAPI/File.cpp
index 52f4297189..75b3940a6c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/FileAPI/File.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/FileAPI/File.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ File::~File() = default;
 WebIDL::ExceptionOr<JS::NonnullGCPtr<File>> File::create(JS::Realm& realm, Vector<BlobPart> const& file_bits, DeprecatedString const& file_name, Optional<FilePropertyBag> const& options)
 {
     // 1. Let bytes be the result of processing blob parts given fileBits and options.
-    auto bytes = TRY_OR_RETURN_OOM(realm, process_blob_parts(file_bits, static_cast<Optional<BlobPropertyBag> const&>(*options)));
+    auto bytes = TRY_OR_RETURN_OOM(realm, process_blob_parts(file_bits, options.has_value() ? static_cast<BlobPropertyBag const&>(*options) : Optional<BlobPropertyBag> {}));
 
     // 2. Let n be the fileName argument to the constructor.
     //    NOTE: Underlying OS filesystems use differing conventions for file name; with constructed files, mandating UTF-16 lessens ambiquity when file names are converted to byte sequences.