diff --git a/insights/combiners/cryptsetup.py b/insights/combiners/cryptsetup.py
index 0a6f478e5..717750738 100644
--- a/insights/combiners/cryptsetup.py
+++ b/insights/combiners/cryptsetup.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import copy
 
+from insights import SkipComponent
 from insights.core.plugins import combiner
 from insights.parsers.cryptsetup_luksDump import LuksDump
 from insights.parsers.luksmeta import LuksMeta
@@ -50,3 +51,6 @@ def __init__(self, luks_dumps, luks_metas):
                 luks_dump_copy["luksmeta"] = luksmeta_by_uuid[uuid]
 
             self.append(luks_dump_copy)
+
+        if not self:
+            raise SkipComponent
diff --git a/insights/tests/combiners/test_cryptsetup.py b/insights/tests/combiners/test_cryptsetup.py
index c63a74cc6..389d3b886 100644
--- a/insights/tests/combiners/test_cryptsetup.py
+++ b/insights/tests/combiners/test_cryptsetup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import doctest
+import pytest
 
+from insights import SkipComponent
 from insights.parsers.cryptsetup_luksDump import LuksDump
 from insights.parsers import luksmeta
 from insights.combiners.cryptsetup import LuksDevices
@@ -158,6 +160,9 @@
 
 
 def test_luks_devices_combiner():
+    with pytest.raises(SkipComponent):
+        luks_devices = LuksDevices([], None)
+
     luks_devices = LuksDevices([luks1_device, luks2_device], None)
     for device in luks_devices:
         assert "luksmeta" not in device