diff --git a/swift/cli/recon.py b/swift/cli/recon.py
index a0fcdf7835..f57f75c22a 100755
--- a/swift/cli/recon.py
+++ b/swift/cli/recon.py
@@ -770,11 +770,10 @@ class SwiftRecon(object):
                 objq[url] = response['objects']
                 conq[url] = response['containers']
                 acctq[url] = response['accounts']
-                if response['policies']:
-                    for key in response['policies']:
-                        pkey = "objects_%s" % key
-                        stats.setdefault(pkey, {})
-                        stats[pkey][url] = response['policies'][key]['objects']
+                for key in response.get('policies', {}):
+                    pkey = "objects_%s" % key
+                    stats.setdefault(pkey, {})
+                    stats[pkey][url] = response['policies'][key]['objects']
         stats.update({"objects": objq, "containers": conq, "accounts": acctq})
         for item in stats:
             if len(stats[item]) > 0:
diff --git a/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py b/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py
index 0b6ffd7a33..dd53ae9d54 100644
--- a/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py
+++ b/test/unit/cli/test_recon.py
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ class TestRecon(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_quarantine_check(self):
         hosts = [('127.0.0.1', 6010), ('127.0.0.1', 6020),
-                 ('127.0.0.1', 6030), ('127.0.0.1', 6040)]
+                 ('127.0.0.1', 6030), ('127.0.0.1', 6040),
+                 ('127.0.0.1', 6050)]
         # sample json response from http://<host>:<port>/recon/quarantined
         responses = {6010: {'accounts': 0, 'containers': 0, 'objects': 1,
                             'policies': {'0': {'objects': 0},
@@ -259,13 +260,15 @@ class TestRecon(unittest.TestCase):
                                          '1': {'objects': 3}}},
                      6040: {'accounts': 3, 'containers': 3, 'objects': 7,
                             'policies': {'0': {'objects': 3},
-                                         '1': {'objects': 4}}}}
+                                         '1': {'objects': 4}}},
+                     # A server without storage policies enabled
+                     6050: {'accounts': 0, 'containers': 0, 'objects': 4}}
         # <low> <high> <avg> <total> <Failed> <no_result> <reported>
         expected = {'objects_0': (0, 3, 1.5, 6, 0.0, 0, 4),
                     'objects_1': (1, 4, 2.5, 10, 0.0, 0, 4),
-                    'objects': (1, 7, 4.0, 16, 0.0, 0, 4),
-                    'accounts': (0, 3, 1.5, 6, 0.0, 0, 4),
-                    'containers': (0, 3, 1.5, 6, 0.0, 0, 4)}
+                    'objects': (1, 7, 4.0, 20, 0.0, 0, 5),
+                    'accounts': (0, 3, 1.2, 6, 0.0, 0, 5),
+                    'containers': (0, 3, 1.2, 6, 0.0, 0, 5)}
 
         def mock_scout_quarantine(app, host):
             url = 'http://%s:%s/recon/quarantined' % host