diff --git a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
index 7f3c29f3c9..89f9a37ee8 100644
--- a/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/portsorch.cpp
@@ -6469,6 +6469,11 @@ void PortsOrch::initializePriorityGroupsBulk(std::vector<Port>& ports)
             const auto& port = ports[idx];
             const auto status = bulker.statuses[idx];
 
+            if (port.m_priority_group_ids.size() == 0)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if (status != SAI_STATUS_SUCCESS)
             {
                 SWSS_LOG_ERROR("Fail to get priority group list for port %s rv:%d", port.m_alias.c_str(), status);