diff --git a/sos/collector/sosnode.py b/sos/collector/sosnode.py
index 0a3effaa4d..9506f331af 100644
--- a/sos/collector/sosnode.py
+++ b/sos/collector/sosnode.py
@@ -367,7 +367,9 @@ def _regex_sos_help(self, regex, sosinfo, is_list=False):
             for line in result.splitlines():
                 if not is_list:
                     try:
-                        res.append(line.split()[0])
+                        ls = line.split()
+                        if ls:
+                            res.append(ls[0])
                     except Exception as err:
                         self.log_debug(f"Error parsing sos help: {err}")
                 else: