diff --git a/homeassistant/components/dlna_dms/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/dlna_dms/config_flow.py
index bf310f7b234..8cb34be927f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/dlna_dms/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/dlna_dms/config_flow.py
@@ -77,10 +77,16 @@ class DlnaDmsFlowHandler(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
         discovery_service_list = discovery_info.upnp.get(ssdp.ATTR_UPNP_SERVICE_LIST)
         if not discovery_service_list:
             return self.async_abort(reason="not_dms")
-        discovery_service_ids = {
-            service.get("serviceId")
-            for service in discovery_service_list.get("service") or []
-        }
+
+        services = discovery_service_list.get("service")
+        if not services:
+            discovery_service_ids: set[str] = set()
+        elif isinstance(services, list):
+            discovery_service_ids = {service.get("serviceId") for service in services}
+        else:
+            # Only one service defined (etree_to_dict failed to make a list)
+            discovery_service_ids = {services.get("serviceId")}
+
         if not DmsDevice.SERVICE_IDS.issubset(discovery_service_ids):
             return self.async_abort(reason="not_dms")
 
diff --git a/tests/components/dlna_dms/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/dlna_dms/test_config_flow.py
index 521c3169aa5..591457b23c6 100644
--- a/tests/components/dlna_dms/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/dlna_dms/test_config_flow.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ async def test_ssdp_flow_upnp_udn(
 
 async def test_ssdp_missing_services(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     """Test SSDP ignores devices that are missing required services."""
-    # No services defined at all
+    # No service list at all
     discovery = dataclasses.replace(MOCK_DISCOVERY)
     discovery.upnp = dict(discovery.upnp)
     del discovery.upnp[ssdp.ATTR_UPNP_SERVICE_LIST]
@@ -337,6 +337,18 @@ async def test_ssdp_missing_services(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_ABORT
     assert result["reason"] == "not_dms"
 
+    # Service list does not contain services
+    discovery = dataclasses.replace(MOCK_DISCOVERY)
+    discovery.upnp = dict(discovery.upnp)
+    discovery.upnp[ssdp.ATTR_UPNP_SERVICE_LIST] = {"bad_key": "bad_value"}
+    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
+        DOMAIN,
+        context={"source": config_entries.SOURCE_SSDP},
+        data=discovery,
+    )
+    assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_ABORT
+    assert result["reason"] == "not_dms"
+
     # ContentDirectory service is missing
     discovery = dataclasses.replace(MOCK_DISCOVERY)
     discovery.upnp = dict(discovery.upnp)
@@ -352,3 +364,25 @@ async def test_ssdp_missing_services(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     )
     assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_ABORT
     assert result["reason"] == "not_dms"
+
+
+async def test_ssdp_single_service(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+    """Test SSDP discovery info with only one service defined.
+
+    THe etree_to_dict function turns multiple services into a list of dicts, but
+    a single service into only a dict.
+    """
+    discovery = dataclasses.replace(MOCK_DISCOVERY)
+    discovery.upnp = dict(discovery.upnp)
+    service_list = dict(discovery.upnp[ssdp.ATTR_UPNP_SERVICE_LIST])
+    # Turn mock's list of service dicts into a single dict
+    service_list["service"] = service_list["service"][0]
+    discovery.upnp[ssdp.ATTR_UPNP_SERVICE_LIST] = service_list
+
+    result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
+        DOMAIN,
+        context={"source": config_entries.SOURCE_SSDP},
+        data=discovery,
+    )
+    assert result["type"] == data_entry_flow.RESULT_TYPE_ABORT
+    assert result["reason"] == "not_dms"