diff --git a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/meta/snmp/translate_profile.py b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/meta/snmp/translate_profile.py
index 67f11e2f0f2ed..8c8aeacc93ccc 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/meta/snmp/translate_profile.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_dev/datadog_checks/dev/tooling/commands/meta/snmp/translate_profile.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ def translate_profile(ctx, profile_path, mib_source_url):
         data = yaml.safe_load(f.read())
 
     output = []
-    for metric in data['metrics']:
+    metrics = data.get('metrics', [])
+    for metric in metrics:
         mib = metric['MIB']
         try:
             mib_view_controller.mibBuilder.loadModule(mib)