diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py
index 1cc31a9c..defb761a 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/core.py
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@ def get_smm_neighbor_fingerprints(smmaddr, cv):
         smmaddr = '[{0}]'.format(smmaddr)
     wc = webclient.SecureHTTPConnection(smmaddr, verifycallback=cv)
     neighs = wc.grab_json_response('/scripts/neighdata.json')
+    if not neighs:
+        return
     for idx in (4, 5):
         if 'sha256' not in neighs[idx]:
             continue