diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/shard_allocation/transformers/indices_by_nodes.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/shard_allocation/transformers/indices_by_nodes.js
index 79f3a995097e..c9ec0acaae91 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/shard_allocation/transformers/indices_by_nodes.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/directives/elasticsearch/shard_allocation/transformers/indices_by_nodes.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function indicesByNodes() {
 
       // If the node is null then it's an unassigned shard and we need to
       // add it to the unassigned array.
-      if (shard.node === null) {
+      if (!shard.node || (shard.node === null)) {
         obj[index].unassigned.push(shard);
         // if the shard is a primary we need to set the unassignedPrimaries flag
         if (shard.primary) {