diff --git a/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/config_db.py b/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/config_db.py
index f8f0c6d6e5b..ab1f123871b 100644
--- a/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/config_db.py
+++ b/src/container/kube-manager/kube_manager/vnc/config_db.py
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ def update(self, obj=None):
         self.name = obj['fq_name'][-1]
         self.fq_name = obj['fq_name']
         self.build_fq_name_to_uuid(self.uuid, obj)
-        self.annotations = obj.get('annotations', None)
+        self.annotations = obj.get('annotations', {})
         for kvp in self.annotations.get('key_value_pair', []):
             if kvp.get('key') == 'namespace':
                 self.namespace = kvp.get('value')