diff --git a/neutron/templates/cron-job-ovn-db-sync.yaml b/neutron/templates/cron-job-ovn-db-sync.yaml
index ad3e3d63eb..fbe21231c3 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/cron-job-ovn-db-sync.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/cron-job-ovn-db-sync.yaml
@@ -176,11 +176,13 @@ spec:
               secret:
                 secretName: neutron-etc
                 defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
             - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
               projected:
                 sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 18 }}
+{{- else }}
+              emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
             {{- if ( has "tungstenfabric" .Values.network.backend ) }}
             - name: neutron-plugin-shared
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-bgp-dragent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-bgp-dragent.yaml
index 8db3af06d0..aabfe9f718 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-bgp-dragent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-bgp-dragent.yaml
@@ -153,11 +153,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: libmodules
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-dhcp-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-dhcp-agent.yaml
index 27d2ed0e25..8c55068c29 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-dhcp-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-dhcp-agent.yaml
@@ -289,11 +289,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: iptables-lockfile
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-l2gw-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-l2gw-agent.yaml
index 88233bb663..46ec045b3c 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-l2gw-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-l2gw-agent.yaml
@@ -160,11 +160,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
 {{- dict "enabled" $envAll.Values.manifests.certificates "name" $envAll.Values.endpoints.oslo_messaging.auth.admin.secret.tls.internal | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume" | indent 8 }}
 {{ if $mounts_neutron_l2gw_agent.volumes }}{{ toYaml $mounts_neutron_l2gw_agent.volumes | indent 8 }}{{ end }}
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-l3-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-l3-agent.yaml
index ff15b15b2d..f0e99b8593 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-l3-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-l3-agent.yaml
@@ -272,11 +272,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: libmodules
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-lb-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-lb-agent.yaml
index 9e6202b5bd..510da39cf4 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-lb-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-lb-agent.yaml
@@ -228,11 +228,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: run
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-metadata-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-metadata-agent.yaml
index 1fad23c232..95dd4516cf 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-metadata-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-metadata-agent.yaml
@@ -221,11 +221,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: socket
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-netns-cleanup-cron.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-netns-cleanup-cron.yaml
index 674f6db545..83ac6b9224 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-netns-cleanup-cron.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-netns-cleanup-cron.yaml
@@ -155,11 +155,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: libmodules
           hostPath:
@@ -192,4 +194,3 @@ spec:
 {{- $configmap_yaml := "neutron.configmap.etc" }}
 {{- list $daemonset $daemonset_yaml $configmap_yaml $configMapName . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.daemonset_overrides" }}
 {{- end }}
-
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-neutron-ovn-vpn-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-neutron-ovn-vpn-agent.yaml
index 4e79395bab..a986e84daf 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-neutron-ovn-vpn-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-neutron-ovn-vpn-agent.yaml
@@ -245,11 +245,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: socket
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovn-metadata-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovn-metadata-agent.yaml
index a5ba157511..ae75f1250e 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovn-metadata-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovn-metadata-agent.yaml
@@ -241,11 +241,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: socket
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
index 28be6db98c..a7ba9acd5f 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-ovs-agent.yaml
@@ -310,11 +310,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: run
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/daemonset-sriov-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/daemonset-sriov-agent.yaml
index ccb7c8bc8a..119352ac21 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/daemonset-sriov-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/daemonset-sriov-agent.yaml
@@ -248,11 +248,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: {{ $configMapName }}
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         - name: run
           hostPath:
diff --git a/neutron/templates/deployment-ironic-agent.yaml b/neutron/templates/deployment-ironic-agent.yaml
index 0a43cb7668..133010cf88 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/deployment-ironic-agent.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/deployment-ironic-agent.yaml
@@ -138,11 +138,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: neutron-etc
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
 {{- dict "enabled" $envAll.Values.manifests.certificates "name" $envAll.Values.endpoints.oslo_messaging.auth.admin.secret.tls.internal | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.tls_volume" | indent 8 }}
 {{ if $mounts_neutron_ironic_agent.volumes }}{{ toYaml $mounts_neutron_ironic_agent.volumes | indent 8 }}{{ end }}
diff --git a/neutron/templates/deployment-rpc_server.yaml b/neutron/templates/deployment-rpc_server.yaml
index 3b3473a700..7c75dc8fe9 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/deployment-rpc_server.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/deployment-rpc_server.yaml
@@ -225,11 +225,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: neutron-etc
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         {{- if ( has "tungstenfabric" .Values.network.backend ) }}
         - name: neutron-plugin-shared
diff --git a/neutron/templates/deployment-server.yaml b/neutron/templates/deployment-server.yaml
index d0a26f694a..ce8f492a7d 100644
--- a/neutron/templates/deployment-server.yaml
+++ b/neutron/templates/deployment-server.yaml
@@ -321,11 +321,13 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: neutron-etc
             defaultMode: 0444
-{{- if $etcSources }}
         - name: neutron-etc-snippets
+{{- if $etcSources }}
           projected:
             sources:
 {{ toYaml $etcSources | indent 14 }}
+{{- else }}
+          emptyDir: {}
 {{ end }}
         {{- if ( has "tungstenfabric" .Values.network.backend ) }}
         - name: neutron-plugin-shared
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/neutron-00a56405067b123d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/neutron-00a56405067b123d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f496817287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/neutron-00a56405067b123d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+neutron:
+  - |
+    Fix issue with etcSources where resources fails to apply if the list is empty.
+...