diff --git a/openverse_catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/cleveland_museum_of_art.py b/openverse_catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/cleveland_museum_of_art.py
index 05e5af9b51a..df4b7a3d7e3 100644
--- a/openverse_catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/cleveland_museum_of_art.py
+++ b/openverse_catalog/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/cleveland_museum_of_art.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def _get_response(query_param, endpoint=ENDPOINT, retries=RETRIES):
     response_json, total_images, tries = None, 0, 0
     for tries in range(retries):
         response = delay_request.get(endpoint, query_param)
-        if response.status_code == 200 and response is not None:
+        if response is not None and response.status_code == 200:
             try:
                 response_json = response.json()
                 total_images = len(response_json["data"])
diff --git a/tests/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/test_cleveland_museum_of_art.py b/tests/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/test_cleveland_museum_of_art.py
index 819cd9dd535..0ac690ec78b 100644
--- a/tests/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/test_cleveland_museum_of_art.py
+++ b/tests/dags/providers/provider_api_scripts/test_cleveland_museum_of_art.py
@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ def test_get_response_failure():
     assert mock_get.call_count == 3
 
 
+def test_get_response_None():
+    query_param = {"cc": 1, "has_image": 1, "limit": 1, "skip": -1}
+    with patch.object(clm.delay_request, "get", return_value=None) as mock_get:
+        response_json, total_images = clm._get_response(query_param)
+
+    assert response_json is None
+    assert total_images == 0
+    # Retries
+    assert mock_get.call_count == 3
+
+
 def test_handle_response():
     response_json = _get_resource_json("handle_response_data.json")
     data = response_json["data"]