diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/handle-no-deployment-status-a8f73f887f0f158f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/handle-no-deployment-status-a8f73f887f0f158f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb3544a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/handle-no-deployment-status-a8f73f887f0f158f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - When requesting the deployment status of a non-existant plan, instead of
+    showing a traceback, show a helpful message indicating there is no status.
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
index 53a88a02d..5f7473918 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -953,6 +953,9 @@ class GetDeploymentStatus(command.Command):
             plan=plan
         )
 
+        if not status:
+            return
+
         payload = status['workflow_status']['payload']
         execution = payload['execution']
         table = PrettyTable(