diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 49761905f004..efd42ef63af2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -5405,7 +5405,19 @@ public boolean finalizeVirtualMachineProfile(VirtualMachineProfile profile, Depl
 
     @Override
     public boolean setupVmForPvlan(boolean add, Long hostId, NicProfile nic) {
-        if (!nic.getBroadCastUri().getScheme().equals("pvlan")) {
+        if (nic == null) {
+            logger.warn("Skipping PVLAN setup on host {} because NIC profile is null", hostId);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (nic.getBroadCastUri() == null) {
+            logger.debug("Skipping PVLAN setup on host {} for NIC {} because broadcast URI is null", hostId, nic);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        String scheme = nic.getBroadCastUri().getScheme();
+        if (!"pvlan".equalsIgnoreCase(scheme)) {
+            logger.debug("Skipping PVLAN setup on host {} for NIC {} because broadcast URI scheme is {}", hostId, nic, scheme);
             return false;
         }
         String op = "add";
@@ -5413,11 +5425,17 @@ public boolean setupVmForPvlan(boolean add, Long hostId, NicProfile nic) {
             // "delete" would remove all the rules(if using ovs) related to this vm
             op = "delete";
         }
-        Network network = _networkDao.findById(nic.getNetworkId());
+
         Host host = _hostDao.findById(hostId);
+        if (host == null) {
+            logger.warn("Host with id {} does not exist", hostId);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        Network network = _networkDao.findById(nic.getNetworkId());
         String networkTag = _networkModel.getNetworkTag(host.getHypervisorType(), network);
         PvlanSetupCommand cmd = PvlanSetupCommand.createVmSetup(op, nic.getBroadCastUri(), networkTag, nic.getMacAddress());
-        Answer answer = null;
+        Answer answer;
         try {
             answer = _agentMgr.send(hostId, cmd);
         } catch (OperationTimedoutException e) {