diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/sdp_mesh.j2 b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/sdp_mesh.j2
index 4542edbcb10536f7a9dbe870d33fcf54062cabba..07d3f1512f2d17e8f3febcd5abb138cb0c87ee0b 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/sdp_mesh.j2
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/bc_templates/routers/nokia/sdp_mesh.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
     <service xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf" xmlns:nc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" xmlns:nokia-attr="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:attributes">
+        {% if pe_router_list|length != 0 %}
             {% for pe_fqdn, pe_addr in pe_router_list.items() %}
             {% set sdp_id = pe_addr.lo4 | replace(sdp_prefix_regex, '') | replace('.', '') + sdp_type.id %}
         <sdp>
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@
             </far-end>
         </sdp>
             {% endfor %}
+        {% endif %}
     </service>