diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/networks.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/networks.py
index a3c823feb3db..f509cc4e1cac 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/networks.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/networks.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def network_dict(context, network):
         if context.is_admin:
             fields += admin_fields
         # TODO(mriedem): Remove the NovaObject type check once the
-        # neutronv2 API is returning Network objects from get/get_all.
+        # network.create API is returning objects.
         is_obj = isinstance(network, base_obj.NovaObject)
         result = {}
         for field in fields:
@@ -56,14 +56,18 @@ def network_dict(context, network):
             # before the objects conversion.
             if is_obj and isinstance(network.fields[field].AUTO_TYPE,
                                      obj_fields.IPAddress):
-                val = network.get(field)
+                # NOTE(danms): Here, network should be an object, which could
+                # have come from neutron and thus be missing most of the
+                # attributes. Providing a default to get() avoids trying to
+                # lazy-load missing attributes.
+                val = network.get(field, None)
                 if val is not None:
-                    result[field] = str(network.get(field))
+                    result[field] = str(val)
                 else:
                     result[field] = val
             else:
                 # It's either not an object or it's not an IPAddress field.
-                result[field] = network.get(field)
+                result[field] = network.get(field, None)
         uuid = network.get('uuid')
         if uuid:
             result['id'] = uuid
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/tenant_networks.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/tenant_networks.py
index 0261cedb075b..1218cbd16a18 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/tenant_networks.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/tenant_networks.py
@@ -50,9 +50,12 @@ authorize = extensions.extension_authorizer('compute', 'v3:' + ALIAS)
 
 
 def network_dict(network):
-    return {"id": network.get("uuid") or network.get("id"),
-                        "cidr": str(network.get("cidr")),
-                        "label": network.get("label")}
+    # NOTE(danms): Here, network should be an object, which could have come
+    # from neutron and thus be missing most of the attributes. Providing a
+    # default to get() avoids trying to lazy-load missing attributes.
+    return {"id": network.get("uuid", None) or network.get("id", None),
+                        "cidr": str(network.get("cidr", None)),
+                        "label": network.get("label", None)}
 
 
 class TenantNetworkController(wsgi.Controller):