diff --git a/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-addresses b/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-addresses
index 0a73cd0118..0dce55e95b 100755
--- a/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-addresses
+++ b/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-addresses
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
         if CloudClient::is_error?(rc)
             exit_with_code -1, "#{cmd_name}: #{rc.message}"
         else
-            TABLE.show(rc['addressesSet']['item'] || [])
+            if rc.empty? || rc['addressesSet'].nil? || rc['addressesSet']['item'].nil?
+                addrs = []
+            else
+                addrs = rc['addressesSet']['item']
+            end
+
+            TABLE.show(addrs)
             exit_with_code 0
         end
     end
diff --git a/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-images b/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-images
index 0aa78d012d..7ada55841e 100755
--- a/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-images
+++ b/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-images
@@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ used with an OpenNebula Cloud."
         if CloudClient::is_error?(rc)
             exit_with_code -1, "#{cmd_name}: #{rc.message}"
         else
-            TABLE.show(rc['imagesSet']['item'] || [])
+            if rc.empty? || rc['imagesSet'].nil? || rc['imagesSet']['item'].nil?
+                imgs = []
+            else
+                imgs = rc['imagesSet']['item']
+            end
+
+            TABLE.show(imgs)
             exit_with_code 0
         end
     end
diff --git a/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-instances b/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-instances
index 1ef55014ca..89a68f0684 100755
--- a/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-instances
+++ b/src/cloud/ec2/bin/econe-describe-instances
@@ -84,7 +84,15 @@ CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
         if CloudClient::is_error?(rc)
             exit_with_code -1, "#{cmd_name}: #{rc.message}"
         else
-            TABLE.show(rc['reservationSet']['item'][0]['instancesSet']['item'] || [])
+            if rc.empty? ||
+                    rc['reservationSet']['item'][0]['instancesSet'].nil? ||
+                    rc['reservationSet']['item'][0]['instancesSet']['item'].nil?
+                insts = []
+            else
+                insts = rc['reservationSet']['item'][0]['instancesSet']['item']
+            end
+
+            TABLE.show(insts)
             exit_with_code 0
         end
     end