diff --git a/proxmox/changelog.d/21399.fixed b/proxmox/changelog.d/21399.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b554c37859311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox/changelog.d/21399.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Handle AttributeError when Qemu Agent is not available
diff --git a/proxmox/datadog_checks/proxmox/check.py b/proxmox/datadog_checks/proxmox/check.py
index 74caefcec7c5c..47b6af1456a10 100644
--- a/proxmox/datadog_checks/proxmox/check.py
+++ b/proxmox/datadog_checks/proxmox/check.py
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ def _get_vm_hostname(self, vm_id, vm_name, node):
             url = f"{self.config.proxmox_server}/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vm_id}/agent/get-host-name"
             hostname_response = self.http.get(url)
             hostname_json = hostname_response.json()
-        except (HTTPError, InvalidURL, ConnectionError, Timeout, JSONDecodeError) as e:
+            hostname = hostname_json.get("data", {}).get("result", {}).get("host-name", vm_name)
+        except (HTTPError, InvalidURL, ConnectionError, Timeout, JSONDecodeError, AttributeError) as e:
             self.log.info(
                 "Failed to get hostname for vm %s on node %s; endpoint: %s; %s",
                 vm_id,
@@ -153,8 +154,7 @@ def _get_vm_hostname(self, vm_id, vm_name, node):
                 self.config.proxmox_server,
                 e,
             )
-            hostname_json = {}
-        hostname = hostname_json.get("data", {}).get("result", {}).get("host-name", vm_name)
+            hostname = vm_name
         return hostname
 
     def _create_dd_event_for_task(self, task, node_name):
diff --git a/proxmox/tests/test_unit.py b/proxmox/tests/test_unit.py
index e009e4f1229b2..f13222d3fa35e 100644
--- a/proxmox/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/proxmox/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -283,6 +283,16 @@ def test_resource_up_metrics(dd_run_check, aggregator, instance):
             },
             id='404',
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            {
+                'http_error': {
+                    '/api2/json/nodes/ip-122-82-3-112/qemu/100/agent/get-host-name': MockResponse(
+                        status_code=200, json_data={"data": None, "message": "No QEMU guest agent configured\n"}
+                    )
+                }
+            },
+            id='qemu_agent_not_configured',
+        ),
     ],
     indirect=['mock_http_get'],
 )