diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/call_client.js b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/call_client.js
index 2157e4420d95..5f3aa747aef5 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/call_client.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/call_client.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export default function CourierFetchCallClient(Private, Promise, es, esShardTime
     const executable = statuses.filter(isRequest);
     let execCount = executable.length;
 
+    if (!execCount) return Promise.resolve([]);
+
     // resolved by respond()
     let esPromise;
     const defer = Promise.defer();