diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/NodeGraph.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/NodeGraph.tsx
index 7e011c9d322..d13591bccdb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/NodeGraph.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/nodeGraph/NodeGraph.tsx
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export function NodeGraph({ getLinks, dataFrames, nodeLimit }: Props) {
         </div>
       ) : null}
 
-      {dataFrames.length ? (
+      {dataFrames.length && processed.nodes.length ? (
         <svg
           ref={panRef}
           viewBox={`${-(width / 2)} ${-(height / 2)} ${width} ${height}`}