diff --git a/CHANGES/6916.bugfix b/CHANGES/6916.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c4329c1abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/6916.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add __repr__ to EmptyStreamReader to avoid AttributeErrors.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index bda74215d50..6917f882f49 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ Jake Davis
 Jakob Ackermann
 Jakub Wilk
 Jan Buchar
+Jarno Elonen
 Jashandeep Sohi
 Jean-Baptiste Estival
 Jens Steinhauser
diff --git a/aiohttp/streams.py b/aiohttp/streams.py
index 6d840bdc0c8..60e40fb2576 100644
--- a/aiohttp/streams.py
+++ b/aiohttp/streams.py
@@ -492,6 +492,9 @@ class EmptyStreamReader(StreamReader):  # lgtm [py/missing-call-to-init]
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         pass
 
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return "<%s>" % self.__class__.__name__
+
     def exception(self) -> Optional[BaseException]:
         return None
 
diff --git a/tests/test_streams.py b/tests/test_streams.py
index 92fcf6be99e..f305ed56e77 100644
--- a/tests/test_streams.py
+++ b/tests/test_streams.py
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ async def test_unread_empty(self) -> None:
 
 async def test_empty_stream_reader() -> None:
     s = streams.EmptyStreamReader()
+    assert str(s) is not None
     assert s.set_exception(ValueError()) is None
     assert s.exception() is None
     assert s.feed_eof() is None