diff --git a/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/components/disk.pm b/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/components/disk.pm
index 3e25c575a..dcaa6481a 100644
--- a/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/components/disk.pm
+++ b/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/components/disk.pm
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ sub check {
     foreach my $disk (@{$disks->{records}}) {
         next if ($self->check_filter(section => 'disk', instance => $disk->{name}));
 
+        # state can be missing
+        $disk->{state} = defined($disk->{state}) ? $disk->{state} : 'n/a';
+
         $self->{components}->{disk}->{total}++;
         $self->{output}->output_add(
             long_msg => sprintf(
diff --git a/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/hardware.pm b/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/hardware.pm
index 1ee7589e0..b0ef1d260 100644
--- a/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/hardware.pm
+++ b/src/storage/netapp/ontap/restapi/mode/hardware.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ sub set_system {
             ['removed', 'OK'],
             ['spare', 'OK'],
             ['unfail', 'OK'],
-            ['zeroing', 'OK']
+            ['zeroing', 'OK'],
+            ['n/a', 'OK']
         ]
     };