diff --git a/src/services/sync.service.ts b/src/services/sync.service.ts
index 9d915be8b8a..c97968384ff 100644
--- a/src/services/sync.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/sync.service.ts
@@ -306,9 +306,11 @@ export class SyncService implements SyncServiceAbstraction {
 
     private async syncPolicies(response: PolicyResponse[]) {
         const policies: { [id: string]: PolicyData; } = {};
-        response.forEach((p) => {
-            policies[p.id] = new PolicyData(p);
-        });
+        if (response != null) {
+            response.forEach((p) => {
+                policies[p.id] = new PolicyData(p);
+            });
+        }
         return await this.policyService.replace(policies);
     }
 }