diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/modules/wrappers.py b/jenkins_jobs/modules/wrappers.py
index b8f7eb8d6..85bc185c9 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/modules/wrappers.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/modules/wrappers.py
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ def pre_scm_buildstep(registry, xml_parent, data):
     for step in stepList:
         for edited_node in create_builders(registry, step):
             bs.append(edited_node)
-    if version >= pkg_resources.parse_version("0.3"):
+    if version >= pkg_resources.parse_version("0.3") and not isinstance(data, list):
         mapping = [("failOnError", "failOnError", False)]
         helpers.convert_mapping_to_xml(bsp, data, mapping, fail_required=True)
 
diff --git a/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.plugins_info.yaml b/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.plugins_info.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba9d78002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.plugins_info.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- longName: 'Pre SCM BuildStep Plugin'
+  shortName: 'preSCMbuildstep'
+  version: "0.3"
diff --git a/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.xml b/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f2c11d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project>
+  <buildWrappers>
+    <org.jenkinsci.plugins.preSCMbuildstep.PreSCMBuildStepsWrapper>
+      <buildSteps>
+        <hudson.tasks.Shell>
+          <command>#!/bin/bash
+echo &quot;Doing something cool&quot;
+</command>
+        </hudson.tasks.Shell>
+        <hudson.tasks.Shell>
+          <command>#!/bin/zsh
+echo &quot;Doing something cool with zsh&quot;
+</command>
+        </hudson.tasks.Shell>
+      </buildSteps>
+    </org.jenkinsci.plugins.preSCMbuildstep.PreSCMBuildStepsWrapper>
+  </buildWrappers>
+</project>
diff --git a/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.yaml b/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9112e29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wrappers/fixtures/pre-scm-buildstep-no-buildsteps.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+wrappers:
+  - pre-scm-buildstep:
+      - shell: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          echo "Doing something cool"
+      - shell: |
+          #!/bin/zsh
+          echo "Doing something cool with zsh"