diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/prevent-error-in-parse-resp-when-nullable-list-9898cd0f22180986.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/prevent-error-in-parse-resp-when-nullable-list-9898cd0f22180986.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afb6006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/prevent-error-in-parse-resp-when-nullable-list-9898cd0f22180986.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    When receiving nullable list as a response body, tempest.lib
+    rest_client module raised an exception without valid json
+    deserialization. A new release fixes this bug.
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
index d72b4dd..63cf07f 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
             # Ensure there are not more than one top-level keys
             # NOTE(freerunner): Ensure, that JSON is not nullable to
             # to prevent StopIteration Exception
-            if len(body.keys()) != 1:
+            if not hasattr(body, "keys") or len(body.keys()) != 1:
                 return body
             # Just return the "wrapped" element
             first_key, first_item = six.next(six.iteritems(body))
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/test_rest_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/common/test_rest_client.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tempest/tests/lib/test_rest_client.py
rename to tempest/tests/lib/common/test_rest_client.py
index ace2b80..4c0bb57 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/test_rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/common/test_rest_client.py
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@
         body = self.rest_client._parse_resp(json.dumps(self.null_dict))
         self.assertEqual(self.null_dict, body)
 
+    def test_parse_empty_list(self):
+        empty_list = []
+        body = self.rest_client._parse_resp(json.dumps(empty_list))
+        self.assertEqual(empty_list, body)
+
 
 class TestRestClientErrorCheckerJSON(base.TestCase):
     c_type = "application/json"