diff --git a/jc/parsers/vmstat_s.py b/jc/parsers/vmstat_s.py
index e194ab42..77e44562 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/vmstat_s.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/vmstat_s.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Examples:
 """
 import jc.utils
 from jc.utils import stream_success, stream_error
+from jc.exceptions import ParseError
 
 
 class info():
@@ -232,7 +233,10 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False, ignore_exceptions=False):
                     'timezone': tz or None
                 }
 
-            yield stream_success(output_line, ignore_exceptions) if raw else stream_success(_process(output_line), ignore_exceptions)
+            if output_line:
+                yield stream_success(output_line, ignore_exceptions) if raw else stream_success(_process(output_line), ignore_exceptions)
+            else:
+                raise ParseError('Not vmstat data')
 
         except Exception as e:
             yield stream_error(e, ignore_exceptions, line)
diff --git a/tests/test_vmstat_s.py b/tests/test_vmstat_s.py
index 077b3504..ec14302b 100644
--- a/tests/test_vmstat_s.py
+++ b/tests/test_vmstat_s.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class MyTests(unittest.TestCase):
         with open(os.path.join(THIS_DIR, os.pardir, 'tests/fixtures/ubuntu-18.04/vmstat-1-long-streaming.json'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             self.ubuntu_18_04_vmstat_1_long_streaming_json = json.loads(f.read())
 
-
     def test_vmstat_nodata(self):
         """
         Test 'vmstat' with no data
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ class MyTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_vmstat_unparsable(self):
         data = 'unparsable data'
         g = jc.parsers.vmstat_s.parse(data.splitlines(), quiet=True)
-        with self.assertRaises(KeyError):
+        with self.assertRaises(ParseError):
             list(g)
 
     def test_vmstat_centos_7_7(self):