diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceDigitalOcean.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceDigitalOcean.py
index b4856011431..2c0f15c99ad 100644
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceDigitalOcean.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceDigitalOcean.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/metadata/
 
 import logging
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 import cloudinit.sources.helpers.digitalocean as do_helper
 from cloudinit import lifecycle, sources, util
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, sys_cfg, distro, paths):
         self.use_ip4LL = self.ds_cfg.get("use_ip4LL", MD_USE_IPV4LL)
         self.wait_retry = self.ds_cfg.get("wait_retry", MD_WAIT_RETRY)
         self._network_config = None
-        self.metadata_full = None
+        self.metadata_full: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
 
     def _unpickle(self, ci_pkl_version: int) -> None:
         super()._unpickle(ci_pkl_version)
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ def network_config(self):
 
         interfaces = self.metadata.get("interfaces")
         LOG.debug(interfaces)
-        if not interfaces:
+        if not interfaces or self.metadata_full is None:
             raise RuntimeError("Unable to get meta-data from server....")
 
         nameservers = self.metadata_full["dns"]["nameservers"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0972e89a336..598e7ffe28d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ module = [
     "cloudinit.netinfo",
     "cloudinit.sources.DataSourceCloudStack",
     "cloudinit.sources.DataSourceConfigDrive",
-    "cloudinit.sources.DataSourceDigitalOcean",
     "cloudinit.sources.DataSourceEc2",
     "cloudinit.sources.DataSourceExoscale",
     "cloudinit.sources.DataSourceGCE",
diff --git a/tests/unittests/sources/test_digitalocean.py b/tests/unittests/sources/test_digitalocean.py
index a99718b9ba5..9c4a02d5680 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/sources/test_digitalocean.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/sources/test_digitalocean.py
@@ -248,6 +248,15 @@ def test_multiple_ssh_keys(self, mock_readmd, get_ds):
         assert metadata["public_keys"] == ds.get_public_ssh_keys()
         assert isinstance(ds.get_public_ssh_keys(), list)
 
+    def test_network_config_requires_full_metadata(self, get_ds):
+        ds = get_ds()
+        ds.metadata["interfaces"] = DO_META["interfaces"]
+
+        with pytest.raises(
+            RuntimeError, match="Unable to get meta-data from server"
+        ):
+            _ = ds.network_config
+
 
 class TestNetworkConvert:
     def _get_networking(self):