diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/exceptions.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/exceptions.py
index 4af83e9b3683..814b9ed18f39 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/exceptions.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/exceptions.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def __init__(self, json_object):
 
         # details is recursive of this very format
         self.details = []  # type: List[ODataV4Format]
-        for detail_node in json_object.get(cls.DETAILS_LABEL, []):
+        for detail_node in json_object.get(cls.DETAILS_LABEL) or []:
             try:
                 self.details.append(self.__class__(detail_node))
             except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_exceptions.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_exceptions.py
index 85b414a16b93..399c559cf944 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_exceptions.py
@@ -250,3 +250,16 @@ def test_broken_odata_details(self):
         }
         exp = HttpResponseError(response=_build_response(json.dumps(message).encode("utf-8")))
         assert exp.error.code == "Conflict"
+
+    def test_null_odata_details(self):
+        message = {
+            "error": {
+                "code": "501",
+                "message": "message",
+                "target": None,
+                "details": None,
+                "innererror": None,
+            }
+        }
+        exp = HttpResponseError(response=_build_response(json.dumps(message).encode("utf-8")))
+        assert exp.error.code == "501"
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