diff --git a/IPython/extensions/autoreload.py b/IPython/extensions/autoreload.py
index 8459dc7..60d9572 100644
--- a/IPython/extensions/autoreload.py
+++ b/IPython/extensions/autoreload.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class ModuleReloader(object):
         if not hasattr(module, '__file__') or module.__file__ is None:
             return None, None
 
-        if module.__name__ == '__main__':
+        if getattr(module, '__name__', None) == '__main__':
             # we cannot reload(__main__)
             return None, None