diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx
index d5a3453da7c..a65d4e69874 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RulesTable.tsx
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function useColumns(showSummaryColumn: boolean, showGroupColumn: boolean, showNe
 
           const isDeleting = !!(hasRuler(rulesSource) && rulerRulesLoaded(rulesSource) && promRule && !rulerRule);
           const isCreating = !!(hasRuler(rulesSource) && rulerRulesLoaded(rulesSource) && rulerRule && !promRule);
-          const isPaused = isGrafanaRulerRulePaused(rule);
+          const isPaused = isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) && isGrafanaRulerRulePaused(rule.rulerRule);
 
           return <RuleState rule={rule} isDeleting={isDeleting} isCreating={isCreating} isPaused={isPaused} />;
         },
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
index 3885db0d20d..ca45ba028d4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   Alert,
   AlertingRule,
   CloudRuleIdentifier,
-  CombinedRule,
   CombinedRuleGroup,
   CombinedRuleWithLocation,
   GrafanaRuleIdentifier,
@@ -57,8 +56,8 @@ export function isGrafanaRulerRule(rule?: RulerRuleDTO): rule is RulerGrafanaRul
   return typeof rule === 'object' && 'grafana_alert' in rule;
 }
 
-export function isGrafanaRulerRulePaused(rule: CombinedRule) {
-  return rule.rulerRule && isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) && Boolean(rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.is_paused);
+export function isGrafanaRulerRulePaused(rule: RulerGrafanaRuleDTO) {
+  return rule && isGrafanaRulerRule(rule) && Boolean(rule.grafana_alert.is_paused);
 }
 
 export function alertInstanceKey(alert: Alert): string {