diff --git a/scrapy/cmdline.py b/scrapy/cmdline.py
index cfa771104..efc9b36ea 100644
--- a/scrapy/cmdline.py
+++ b/scrapy/cmdline.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _get_commands_from_module(module, inproject):
 
 def _get_commands_from_entry_points(inproject, group="scrapy.commands"):
     cmds = {}
-    for entry_point in entry_points(group):
+    for entry_point in entry_points().get(group, {}):
         obj = entry_point.load()
         if inspect.isclass(obj):
             cmds[entry_point.name] = obj()