diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/66726-galaxy-fix-attribute-error.yml b/changelogs/fragments/66726-galaxy-fix-attribute-error.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..469dfd9ad96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/66726-galaxy-fix-attribute-error.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+    - galaxy - Fix an AttributeError on ansible-galaxy install with an empty requirements.yml (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66725).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
index ef86e8a7abe..f16616d32e2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
                     "Failed to parse the requirements yml at '%s' with the following error:\n%s"
                     % (to_native(requirements_file), to_native(err)))
 
-        if requirements_file is None:
+        if file_requirements is None:
             raise AnsibleError("No requirements found in file '%s'" % to_native(requirements_file))
 
         def parse_role_req(requirement):