diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/apk_package_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/apk_package_facts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6eb1a351625e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/apk_package_facts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - package_facts - apk fix when cache is empty (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83126).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py
index 370e7d60b447d1..db7170f271673c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ class APK(CLIMgr):
 
     def list_installed(self):
         rc, out, err = module.run_command([self._cli, 'info', '-v'])
-        if rc != 0 or err:
+        if rc != 0:
             raise Exception("Unable to list packages rc=%s : %s" % (rc, err))
         return out.splitlines()