diff --git a/pandas/io/stata.py b/pandas/io/stata.py
index 7677d8a94d521..3717a2025cf51 100644
--- a/pandas/io/stata.py
+++ b/pandas/io/stata.py
@@ -1643,8 +1643,7 @@ def read(
 
         data = self._insert_strls(data)
 
-        cols_ = np.where(self.dtyplist)[0]
-
+        cols_ = np.where([dtyp is not None for dtyp in self.dtyplist])[0]
         # Convert columns (if needed) to match input type
         ix = data.index
         requires_type_conversion = False