diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index a4a24cfe..5c4f120f 100644
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ class Package:
                 f = http_GET(u)
                 sfilelist = ET.parse(f).getroot()
                 s = sfilelist.find('serviceinfo')
-                if s.get('code') == "running":
+                if s != None and s.get('code') == "running":
                    sys.stdout.write('.')
                    sys.stdout.flush()
                 else: