diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/network/ios/facts/spanning_tree/spanning_tree.py b/plugins/module_utils/network/ios/facts/spanning_tree/spanning_tree.py
index 63dd9f46c..e45597580 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/network/ios/facts/spanning_tree/spanning_tree.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/network/ios/facts/spanning_tree/spanning_tree.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def populate_facts(self, connection, ansible_facts, data=None):
             spanning_tree_parser.validate_config(self.argument_spec, {"config": objs}, redact=True),
         )
 
-        facts["spanning_tree"] = params["config"]
+        facts["spanning_tree"] = params.get("config", {})
         ansible_facts["ansible_network_resources"].update(facts)
 
         return ansible_facts