diff --git a/app/models/concerns/foreman_vmware_advanced/vmware_extensions.rb b/app/models/concerns/foreman_vmware_advanced/vmware_extensions.rb
index 9f09f7052ac44a5f28b9a53f0995f1316a91f921..6c20c37332f4196e7723769c599a0a1ff71fa07c 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/foreman_vmware_advanced/vmware_extensions.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/foreman_vmware_advanced/vmware_extensions.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ module ForemanVmwareAdvanced
         'svga.autodetect' => 'TRUE'
       }
 
-      if args[:compute_attributes][:guest_id].start_with? 'win'
+      if args[:compute_attributes] &&
+         args[:compute_attributes][:guest_id] &&
+         args[:compute_attributes][:guest_id].start_with?('win')
         args[:extra_config]['disk.enableUUID'] = 'TRUE'
       end