diff --git a/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb b/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
index 96c2348f2..4a0a0d9d0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/epp_controller.rb
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ class EppController < ApplicationController
     if params[:parsed_frame].at_css('update')
       @errors.each_with_index do |errors, index|
         if errors[:code] == '2304' &&
+            errors[:value].present? &&
             errors[:value][:val] == DomainStatus::SERVER_DELETE_PROHIBITED &&
             errors[:value][:obj] == 'status'
           @errors[index][:value][:val] = DomainStatus::PENDING_UPDATE