# Nodes that are currently part of the slice
old_slice_node_ids = [ node_transcoder[node_id] for node_id in slice['node_ids'] \
- if node_transcoder[node_id] in peer_nodes]
+ if node_id in node_transcoder and node_transcoder[node_id] in peer_nodes]
# Nodes that should be part of the slice
slice_node_ids = [ node_id for node_id in peer_slice['node_ids'] if node_id in peer_nodes]