diff --git a/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py b/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py
index 3283dd71a..2b4ae99e2 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/image/image_uploader.py
@@ -2117,6 +2117,9 @@ class PythonImageUploader(BaseImageUploader):
         digest = image['digest']
         created = image['created']
         labels = config['config'].get('Labels', {})
+        # NOTE: labels can be null
+        if labels is None:
+            labels = {}
         architecture = config['architecture']
         image_os = config['os']
         return {