diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
index 5333abe2858..e8846616c85 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ private void checkDiskSpaceAndHandleExceptions(DockerClient client) {
     private void checkDiskSpace(DockerClient client) {
 
         List<Image> images = client.listImagesCmd().exec();
-        if (!images.stream().anyMatch(it -> asList(it.getRepoTags()).contains("alpine:3.2"))) {
+        if (!images.stream().anyMatch(it -> it.getRepoTags() != null && asList(it.getRepoTags()).contains("alpine:3.2"))) {
             PullImageResultCallback callback = client.pullImageCmd("alpine:3.2").exec(new PullImageResultCallback());
             callback.awaitSuccess();
         }