diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb
index f17dc79e78..d161adf3d4 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/vm_template.rb
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class Template
         vswitch = []
         vc_hosts = vc_pg.host
         vc_hosts.each do |vc_host|
-            host_pgs = vc_host.configManager.networkSystem.networkInfo.portgroup
+            host_pgs = vc_host.configManager.networkSystem.networkInfo.portgroup rescue []
             host_pgs.each do |pg|
                 if vc_pg.name == pg.spec.name
                     vswitch << pg.spec.vswitchName