diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx
index 72c9aa5125..88b92b4689 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function FetchedEntityRefLinks<
       return 'metadata' in current ? acc : [...acc, parseEntityRef(current)];
     }, new Array<CompoundEntityRef>());
 
-    return refs
+    return refs.length > 0
       ? (
           await catalogApi.getEntities({
             filter: refs.map(ref => ({