diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index a3f8c05d65..f7e8d7fb9e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -1048,7 +1048,8 @@ class LinuxHardware(Hardware):
                 pciid = m.group(1)
                 did = re.escape(pciid)
                 m = re.search("^" + did + "\s(.*)$", pcidata, re.MULTILINE)
-                d['host'] = m.group(1)
+                if m:
+                    d['host'] = m.group(1)
 
             d['holders'] = []
             if os.path.isdir(sysdir + "/holders"):