diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/ansible_plugins/action/container_status.py b/tripleo_ansible/ansible_plugins/action/container_status.py
index 9f8f14da6..b30daf507 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/ansible_plugins/action/container_status.py
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/ansible_plugins/action/container_status.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             module_args=dict(name=containers),
             task_vars=tvars
         )
-        return [c for c in result["containers"]]
+        return [c for c in result["containers"] if "containers" in result]
 
     @tenacity.retry(
         reraise=True,