diff --git a/.changeset/old-cougars-sit.md b/.changeset/old-cougars-sit.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdab8b1291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/old-cougars-sit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
+---
+
+Fix parsing error when kubernetes api is returning badly structured data.
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts
index 17a86eb30d..53aaa1ad3a 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.test.ts
@@ -502,6 +502,47 @@ describe('getKubernetesObjectsByEntity', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('pods api is returning garbage', async () => {
+    getClustersByEntity.mockImplementation(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        clusters: [
+          {
+            name: 'test-cluster',
+            authProvider: 'serviceAccount',
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+
+    fetchObjectsForService.mockImplementation((_: ObjectFetchParams) =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        errors: [],
+        responses: [
+          {
+            garbage: ['thrash', 'rubbish'],
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+
+    mockMetrics(fetchPodMetricsByNamespaces);
+
+    const sut = getKubernetesFanOutHandler([]);
+
+    const result = await sut.getKubernetesObjectsByEntity({
+      entity,
+      auth: {},
+    });
+
+    expect(getClustersByEntity.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(fetchObjectsForService.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(fetchPodMetricsByNamespaces.mock.calls.length).toBe(0);
+
+    expect(result).toStrictEqual({
+      items: [],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('retrieve objects for two clusters', async () => {
     getClustersByEntity.mockImplementation(() =>
       Promise.resolve({
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
index 63e46a44e3..e0a6c21c4a 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesFanOutHandler.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ export class KubernetesFanOutHandler {
           (item.errors !== undefined && item.errors.length >= 1) ||
           (item.resources !== undefined &&
             item.resources.length >= 1 &&
-            item.resources.some(fr => fr.resources.length >= 1)),
+            item.resources.some(fr => fr.resources?.length >= 1)),
       ),
     };
   }