diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 825810a6..152283c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ will consitute of a breaking change warranting a new major release:
 
 - Increased allowed mode transition time for PLOC SUPV.
 
+## Fixed
+
+- If the PCDU handler fails reading data from the IPC store, it will
+  not try to do a deserialization anymore.
+
 # [v7.5.5] 2024-01-22
 
 ## Fixed
diff --git a/mission/power/PcduHandler.cpp b/mission/power/PcduHandler.cpp
index 0561288c..1596d522 100644
--- a/mission/power/PcduHandler.cpp
+++ b/mission/power/PcduHandler.cpp
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ ReturnValue_t PcduHandler::performOperation(uint8_t counter) {
 ReturnValue_t PcduHandler::initialize() {
   ReturnValue_t result;
 
-  IPCStore = ObjectManager::instance()->get<StorageManagerIF>(objects::IPC_STORE);
-  if (IPCStore == nullptr) {
+  ipcStore = ObjectManager::instance()->get<StorageManagerIF>(objects::IPC_STORE);
+  if (ipcStore == nullptr) {
     return ObjectManagerIF::CHILD_INIT_FAILED;
   }
 
@@ -162,10 +162,13 @@ void PcduHandler::updateHkTableDataset(store_address_t storeId, LocalPoolDataSet
                                     sizeof(CCSDSTime::CDS_short), dataset);
   const uint8_t* packet_ptr = nullptr;
   size_t size = 0;
-  result = IPCStore->getData(storeId, &packet_ptr, &size);
+  result = ipcStore->getData(storeId, &packet_ptr, &size);
   if (result != returnvalue::OK) {
-    sif::error << "PCDUHandler::updateHkTableDataset: Failed to get data from IPCStore."
-               << std::endl;
+    sif::error << "PCDUHandler::updateHkTableDataset: Failed to get data from IPC store, result 0x"
+               << std::hex << std::setw(4) << std::setfill('0') << result << std::dec
+               << std::setfill(' ') << std::endl;
+    result = ipcStore->deleteData(storeId);
+    return;
   }
   result = packetUpdate.deSerialize(&packet_ptr, &size, SerializeIF::Endianness::MACHINE);
   if (result != returnvalue::OK) {
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ void PcduHandler::updateHkTableDataset(store_address_t storeId, LocalPoolDataSet
                   "in hk table dataset"
                << std::endl;
   }
-  result = IPCStore->deleteData(storeId);
+  result = ipcStore->deleteData(storeId);
   if (result != returnvalue::OK) {
     sif::error << "PCDUHandler::updateHkTableDataset: Failed to delete data in IPCStore"
                << std::endl;
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ ReturnValue_t PcduHandler::sendSwitchCommand(uint8_t switchNr, ReturnValue_t onO
   setParamMessage.serialize(&commandPtr, &serializedLength, maxSize, SerializeIF::Endianness::BIG);
 
   store_address_t storeAddress;
-  result = IPCStore->addData(&storeAddress, command, sizeof(command));
+  result = ipcStore->addData(&storeAddress, command, sizeof(command));
 
   CommandMessage message;
   ActionMessage::setCommand(&message, GOMSPACE::PARAM_SET, storeAddress);
diff --git a/mission/power/PcduHandler.h b/mission/power/PcduHandler.h
index 86d3747f..73df73ef 100644
--- a/mission/power/PcduHandler.h
+++ b/mission/power/PcduHandler.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class PcduHandler : public PowerSwitchIF,
    * Pointer to the IPCStore.
    * This caches the pointer received from the objectManager in the constructor.
    */
-  StorageManagerIF* IPCStore = nullptr;
+  StorageManagerIF* ipcStore = nullptr;
 
   /**
    * Message queue to communicate with other objetcs. Used for example to receive