diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94efa9133b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - proxmox_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py
index 6bfb9e2e194..f80848c4c4f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/proxmox_kvm.py
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ def main():
             module.fail_json(msg='VM with name = %s does not exist in cluster' % name)
         vm = proxmox.get_vm(vmid)
         if not name:
-            name = vm['name']
+            name = vm.get('name', '(unnamed)')
         current = proxmox.proxmox_api.nodes(vm['node']).qemu(vmid).status.current.get()['status']
         status['status'] = current
         if status: