diff --git a/src/providers/proxmoxve/cloudconfig.rs b/src/providers/proxmoxve/cloudconfig.rs
index d05bc3ce..6be26763 100644
--- a/src/providers/proxmoxve/cloudconfig.rs
+++ b/src/providers/proxmoxve/cloudconfig.rs
@@ -109,16 +109,15 @@ impl MetadataProvider for ProxmoxVECloudConfig {
     fn attributes(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
         let mut out = HashMap::new();
 
-        out.insert(
-            "PROXMOXVE_HOSTNAME".to_owned(),
-            self.hostname()?.unwrap_or_default(),
-        );
-
         out.insert(
             "PROXMOXVE_INSTANCE_ID".to_owned(),
             self.meta_data.instance_id.clone(),
         );
 
+        if let Some(hostname) = self.hostname()? {
+            out.insert("PROXMOXVE_HOSTNAME".to_owned(), hostname);
+        }
+
         if let Some(first_interface) = self.networks()?.first() {
             first_interface.ip_addresses.iter().for_each(|ip| match ip {
                 IpNetwork::V4(network) => {