diff --git a/neutron/common/ovn/utils.py b/neutron/common/ovn/utils.py
index f862e63d673..9e42a5fe6e8 100644
--- a/neutron/common/ovn/utils.py
+++ b/neutron/common/ovn/utils.py
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ def validate_and_get_data_from_binding_profile(port):
     if (constants.OVN_PORT_BINDING_PROFILE not in port or
             not validators.is_attr_set(
                 port[constants.OVN_PORT_BINDING_PROFILE])):
-        BPInfo({}, None, [])
+        return BPInfo({}, None, [])
     param_set = {}
     param_dict = {}
     vnic_type = port.get(portbindings.VNIC_TYPE, portbindings.VNIC_NORMAL)
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/common/ovn/test_utils.py b/neutron/tests/unit/common/ovn/test_utils.py
index e0821d682f9..f5393761f07 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/common/ovn/test_utils.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/common/ovn/test_utils.py
@@ -756,6 +756,11 @@ class TestValidateAndGetDataFromBindingProfile(base.BaseTestCase):
                 {portbindings.VNIC_TYPE: portbindings.VNIC_DIRECT,
                  constants.OVN_PORT_BINDING_PROFILE: binding_profile}))
 
+    def test_valid_input_no_binding_profile(self):
+        # Confirm that we treat a port without binding:profile as valid
+        self.assertEqual(utils.BPInfo({}, None, []),
+                         utils.validate_and_get_data_from_binding_profile({}))
+
     def test_unknown_profile_items_pruned(self):
         # Confirm that unknown profile items are pruned
         self.assertEqual(