diff --git a/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_network_policy.py b/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_network_policy.py
index 63af02aba25..9bf23b269e6 100644
--- a/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_network_policy.py
+++ b/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_network_policy.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def _add_dest_pod_2_policy(self, pod_id, policy_id):
         self._apply_sg_2_pod(sg, pod_id)
 
     def vnc_pod_add(self, event):
-        labels = event['object']['metadata']['labels']
+        labels = event['object']['metadata'].get('labels', {})
         pod_id = event['object']['metadata']['uid']
 
         for label in labels.items():
diff --git a/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_pod.py b/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_pod.py
index 3edcd84d950..ff05ec2e118 100644
--- a/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_pod.py
+++ b/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/vnc_pod.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def process(self, event):
         pod_id = event['object']['metadata'].get('uid')
         pod_name = event['object']['metadata'].get('name')
         pod_namespace = event['object']['metadata'].get('namespace')
-        labels = event['object']['metadata']['labels']
+        labels = event['object']['metadata'].get('labels', {})
 
         if event['type'] == 'ADDED' or event['type'] == 'MODIFIED':
             pod_node = event['object']['spec'].get('nodeName')