diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
index e63cc21bc78..9870b47251e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ export function createTableFrameFromTraceQlQueryAsSpans(
   const spanDynamicAttrs: Record<string, FieldDTO> = {};
   let hasNameAttribute = false;
 
-  data.forEach(
+  data?.forEach(
     (t) =>
       t.spanSets?.forEach((ss) => {
         ss.attributes?.forEach((attr) => {