diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
index 6daa4946ba1..c9efd56ddab 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/state/actions.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ export function fetchRulerRulesIfNotFetchedYet(rulesSourceName: string): ThunkRe
   return (dispatch, getStore) => {
     const { rulerRules } = getStore().unifiedAlerting;
     const resp = rulerRules[rulesSourceName];
-    if (!resp?.result && !(resp && isRulerNotSupportedResponse(resp)) && !resp?.loading) {
+    const emptyResults = isEmpty(resp?.result);
+    if (emptyResults && !(resp && isRulerNotSupportedResponse(resp)) && !resp?.loading) {
       dispatch(fetchRulerRulesAction({ rulesSourceName }));
     }
   };