diff --git a/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go b/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go
index c1fab80232a55..e0feabf9968ff 100644
--- a/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go
+++ b/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 package autodiscovery
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/autodiscovery/providers"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/comp/core/autodiscovery/providers/names"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/env"
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ func DiscoverComponentsFromConfig() ([]pkgconfigsetup.ConfigurationProviders, []
 	// Auto-activate autodiscovery without listeners: - snmp
 	snmpConfig, err := snmplistener.NewListenerConfig()
 
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, snmplistener.ErrNoConfigGiven) {
 		log.Errorf("Error unmarshalling snmp listener config. Error: %v", err)
 	} else if len(snmpConfig.Configs) > 0 {
 		detectedListeners = append(detectedListeners, pkgconfigsetup.Listeners{Name: "snmp"})
diff --git a/pkg/snmp/snmp.go b/pkg/snmp/snmp.go
index 8e63ad76a6d3e..db35905dbabf5 100644
--- a/pkg/snmp/snmp.go
+++ b/pkg/snmp/snmp.go
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ type intOrBoolPtr interface {
 	*int | *bool
 }
 
+// ErrNoConfigGiven is returned when the SNMP listener config was not found
+var ErrNoConfigGiven = errors.New("no config given for snmp_listener")
+
 // NewListenerConfig parses configuration and returns a built ListenerConfig
 func NewListenerConfig() (ListenerConfig, error) {
 	var snmpConfig ListenerConfig
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ func NewListenerConfig() (ListenerConfig, error) {
 			return snmpConfig, err
 		}
 	} else {
-		return snmpConfig, errors.New("no config given for snmp_listener")
+		return snmpConfig, ErrNoConfigGiven
 	}
 
 	if snmpConfig.AllowedFailures == 0 && snmpConfig.AllowedFailuresLegacy != 0 {