diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/702-docker-volume-label-none.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/702-docker-volume-label-none.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1c9c8471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/702-docker-volume-label-none.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - docker_volume - fix crash caused by accessing an empty dictionary. The ``has_different_config()`` was raising an ``AttributeError`` because the ``self.existing_volume["Labels"]`` dictionary was ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/702).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py b/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
index 3932eacf6..7831bf987 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_volume.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def has_different_config(self):
                                         parameter=value,
                                         active=self.existing_volume['Options'].get(key))
         if self.parameters.labels:
-            existing_labels = self.existing_volume.get('Labels', {})
+            existing_labels = self.existing_volume.get('Labels') or {}
             for label in self.parameters.labels:
                 if existing_labels.get(label) != self.parameters.labels.get(label):
                     differences.add('labels.%s' % label,