diff --git a/provider/label/label.go b/provider/label/label.go
index c33228ffd..0dc5d5ed4 100644
--- a/provider/label/label.go
+++ b/provider/label/label.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func ExtractServicePropertiesP(labels *map[string]string) ServiceProperties {
 
 // ParseErrorPages parse error pages to create ErrorPage struct
 func ParseErrorPages(labels map[string]string, labelPrefix string, labelRegex *regexp.Regexp) map[string]*types.ErrorPage {
-	errorPages := make(map[string]*types.ErrorPage)
+	var errorPages map[string]*types.ErrorPage
 
 	for lblName, value := range labels {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(lblName, labelPrefix) {
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ func ParseErrorPages(labels map[string]string, labelPrefix string, labelRegex *r
 				continue
 			}
 
+			if errorPages == nil {
+				errorPages = make(map[string]*types.ErrorPage)
+			}
+
 			pageName := submatch[1]
 
 			ep, ok := errorPages[pageName]
diff --git a/provider/label/label_test.go b/provider/label/label_test.go
index 83a8be3e3..7812023d2 100644
--- a/provider/label/label_test.go
+++ b/provider/label/label_test.go
@@ -1070,6 +1070,11 @@ func TestParseErrorPages(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: map[string]*types.ErrorPage{"foo": {}},
 		},
+		{
+			desc:     "no error pages labels",
+			labels:   map[string]string{},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {