diff --git a/ibm_vpd_app.cpp b/ibm_vpd_app.cpp
index e435cc3..613f4af 100644
--- a/ibm_vpd_app.cpp
+++ b/ibm_vpd_app.cpp
@@ -1471,6 +1471,12 @@
                  << "]'s VPD is not valid on PASS1 planar.Ignoring.\n";
             rc = 0;
         }
+        else if (!(isPresent(js, file).value_or(true)))
+        {
+            cout << "FRU at: " << file
+                 << " is not detected present. Ignore parser error.\n";
+            rc = 0;
+        }
         else
         {
             string errorMsg =
diff --git a/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp b/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
index 2690c26..c75c0de 100644
--- a/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
+++ b/ibm_vpd_utils.cpp
@@ -662,7 +662,8 @@
     }
 }
 
-bool executePreAction(const nlohmann::json& json, const string& file)
+std::optional<bool> isPresent(const nlohmann::json& json, const string& file)
+
 {
     if ((json["frus"][file].at(0)).find("presence") !=
         json["frus"][file].at(0).end())
@@ -683,7 +684,6 @@
                 {
                     cerr << "couldn't find presence line:" << presPinName
                          << "\n";
-                    executePostFailAction(json, file);
                     return false;
                 }
 
@@ -692,21 +692,27 @@
 
                 Byte gpioData = presenceLine.get_value();
 
-                if (gpioData != presPinValue)
-                {
-                    executePostFailAction(json, file);
-                    return false;
-                }
+                return (gpioData == presPinValue);
             }
             catch (system_error&)
             {
                 cerr << "Failed to get the presence GPIO for - " << presPinName
                      << endl;
-                executePostFailAction(json, file);
                 return false;
             }
         }
     }
+    return std::optional<bool>{};
+}
+
+bool executePreAction(const nlohmann::json& json, const string& file)
+{
+    auto present = isPresent(json, file);
+    if (present && !present.value())
+    {
+        executePostFailAction(json, file);
+        return false;
+    }
 
     if ((json["frus"][file].at(0)).find("preAction") !=
         json["frus"][file].at(0).end())
diff --git a/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp b/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp
index 1432241..47bab17 100644
--- a/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp
+++ b/ibm_vpd_utils.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <optional>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -262,7 +263,24 @@
 string byteArrayToHexString(const Binary& vec);
 
 /**
- * @brief Performs any pre-action needed to get the FRU setup for collection.
+ * @brief Return presence of the FRU.
+ *
+ * This API returns the presence information of the FRU corresponding to the
+ * given EEPROM. If the JSON contains no information about presence detect, this
+ * will return an empty optional. Else it will get the presence GPIO information
+ * from the JSON and return the appropriate present status.
+ * In case of GPIO find/read errors, it will return false.
+ *
+ * @param[in] json - The VPD JSON
+ * @param[in] file - EEPROM file path
+ * @return Empty optional if there is no presence info. Else returns presence
+ * based on the GPIO read.
+ */
+std::optional<bool> isPresent(const nlohmann::json& json, const string& file);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Performs any pre-action needed to get the FRU setup for
+ * collection.
  *
  * @param[in] json - json object
  * @param[in] file - eeprom file path