diff --git a/ovsdbapp/schema/ovn_northbound/commands.py b/ovsdbapp/schema/ovn_northbound/commands.py
index cd512c58..babc5035 100644
--- a/ovsdbapp/schema/ovn_northbound/commands.py
+++ b/ovsdbapp/schema/ovn_northbound/commands.py
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ class LrpAddCommand(cmd.BaseCommand):
         self.networks = [str(netaddr.IPNetwork(net)) for net in networks]
         self.router = router
         self.port = port
-        self.peer = peer
+        self.peer = peer if peer else []
         self.may_exist = may_exist
         self.columns = columns
         super().__init__(api)
diff --git a/ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/ovn_northbound/test_impl_idl.py b/ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/ovn_northbound/test_impl_idl.py
index ee82ed45..698666e8 100644
--- a/ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/ovn_northbound/test_impl_idl.py
+++ b/ovsdbapp/tests/functional/schema/ovn_northbound/test_impl_idl.py
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ class TestLogicalRouterPortOps(OvnNorthboundTest):
     def test_lrp_add(self):
         self._lrp_add(None, 'de:ad:be:ef:4d:ad', ['192.0.2.0/24'])
 
-    def test_lpr_add_peer(self):
+    def test_lrp_add_peer(self):
         lrp = self._lrp_add(None, 'de:ad:be:ef:4d:ad', ['192.0.2.0/24'],
                             peer='fake_peer')
         self.assertIn('fake_peer', lrp.peer)
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ class TestLogicalRouterPortOps(OvnNorthboundTest):
         name = utils.get_rand_device_name()
         args = (name, 'de:ad:be:ef:4d:ad', ['192.0.2.0/24'])
         self._lrp_add(*args)
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, self._lrp_add, *args, may_exist=True)
+        self._lrp_add(*args, may_exist=True)
 
     def test_lrp_add_may_exist_different_router(self):
         name = utils.get_rand_device_name()