diff --git a/homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py
index 7534ad39541..3c448a91010 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/zeroconf/__init__.py
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ def setup(hass, config):
             return
 
         info = info_from_service(service_info)
+        if not info:
+            # Prevent the browser thread from collapsing
+            _LOGGER.debug("Failed to get addresses for device %s", name)
+            return
+
         _LOGGER.debug("Discovered new device %s %s", name, info)
 
         # If we can handle it as a HomeKit discovery, we do that here.
@@ -310,6 +315,9 @@ def info_from_service(service):
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
             pass
 
+    if not service.addresses:
+        return None
+
     address = service.addresses[0]
 
     info = {
diff --git a/tests/components/zeroconf/test_init.py b/tests/components/zeroconf/test_init.py
index 412e1f5f3f5..0e4d9aa904c 100644
--- a/tests/components/zeroconf/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/zeroconf/test_init.py
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ def get_service_info_mock(service_type, name):
     )
 
 
+def get_service_info_mock_without_an_address(service_type, name):
+    """Return service info for get_service_info without any addresses."""
+    return ServiceInfo(
+        service_type,
+        name,
+        addresses=[],
+        port=80,
+        weight=0,
+        priority=0,
+        server="name.local.",
+        properties=PROPERTIES,
+    )
+
+
 def get_homekit_info_mock(model, pairing_status):
     """Return homekit info for get_service_info for an homekit device."""
 
@@ -286,6 +300,15 @@ async def test_info_from_service_non_utf8(hass):
     assert raw_info["non-utf8-value"] is NON_UTF8_VALUE
 
 
+async def test_info_from_service_with_addresses(hass):
+    """Test info_from_service does not throw when there are no addresses."""
+    service_type = "_test._tcp.local."
+    info = zeroconf.info_from_service(
+        get_service_info_mock_without_an_address(service_type, f"test.{service_type}")
+    )
+    assert info is None
+
+
 async def test_get_instance(hass, mock_zeroconf):
     """Test we get an instance."""
     assert await hass.components.zeroconf.async_get_instance() is mock_zeroconf