1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceSmartOS.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceSmartOS.py
index c8998b40..d4386fec 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceSmartOS.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceSmartOS.py
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ class JoyentMetadataClient(object):
 
     def list(self):
         result = self.request(rtype='KEYS')
-        if result:
-            result = result.split('\n')
-        return result
+        if not result:
+            return []
+        return result.split('\n')
 
     def put(self, key, val):
         param = b' '.join([base64.b64encode(i.encode())