diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/DataFrameView.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/DataFrameView.ts
index 5162a94e56b..88e3969b17b 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/DataFrameView.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/dataframe/DataFrameView.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Vector } from '../types/vector';
 import { DataFrame } from '../types/dataFrame';
+import { DisplayProcessor } from '../types';
 
 /**
  * This abstraction will present the contents of a DataFrame as if
@@ -55,6 +56,20 @@ export class DataFrameView<T = any> implements Vector<T> {
     return this.data.length;
   }
 
+  getFieldDisplayProcessor(colIndex: number): DisplayProcessor | null {
+    if (!this.dataFrame || !this.dataFrame.fields) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const field = this.dataFrame.fields[colIndex];
+
+    if (!field || !field.display) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return field.display;
+  }
+
   get(idx: number) {
     this.index = idx;
     return this.obj;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BarGauge/BarGauge.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BarGauge/BarGauge.tsx
index 2b0fef2c20e..0207411fb45 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BarGauge/BarGauge.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/BarGauge/BarGauge.tsx
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ export class BarGauge extends PureComponent<Props> {
       };
     }
 
-    const color = display(positionValue).color;
+    const color = display ? display(positionValue).color : null;
+
     if (color) {
       // if we are past real value the cell is not "on"
       if (value === null || (positionValue !== null && positionValue > value.numeric)) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/bargauge/BarGaugePanel.test.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/bargauge/BarGaugePanel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbd9cac2929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/bargauge/BarGaugePanel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { mount, ReactWrapper } from 'enzyme';
+import { PanelData, dateMath, TimeRange, VizOrientation, PanelProps } from '@grafana/data';
+import { BarGaugeDisplayMode } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { BarGaugePanel } from './BarGaugePanel';
+import { BarGaugeOptions } from './types';
+
+describe('BarGaugePanel', () => {
+  describe('when empty result is rendered', () => {
+    const wrapper = createBarGaugePanelWithData({
+      series: [],
+      timeRange: null,
+      state: null,
+    });
+
+    it('should render with title "No data"', () => {
+      const displayValue = wrapper.find('div.bar-gauge__value').text();
+      expect(displayValue).toBe('No data');
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+function createBarGaugePanelWithData(data: PanelData): ReactWrapper<PanelProps<BarGaugeOptions>> {
+  const timeRange: TimeRange = {
+    from: dateMath.parse('now-6h'),
+    to: dateMath.parse('now'),
+    raw: { from: 'now-6h', to: 'now' },
+  };
+
+  const options: BarGaugeOptions = {
+    displayMode: BarGaugeDisplayMode.Lcd,
+    fieldOptions: {
+      calcs: ['mean'],
+      defaults: {},
+      values: false,
+      overrides: [],
+    },
+    orientation: VizOrientation.Horizontal,
+    showUnfilled: true,
+  };
+
+  return mount<BarGaugePanel>(
+    <BarGaugePanel
+      id={1}
+      data={data}
+      timeRange={timeRange}
+      timeZone={'utc'}
+      options={options}
+      onOptionsChange={() => {}}
+      onChangeTimeRange={() => {}}
+      replaceVariables={s => s}
+      renderCounter={0}
+      width={532}
+      transparent={false}
+      height={250}
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/bargauge/BarGaugePanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/bargauge/BarGaugePanel.tsx
index ea2925c0af4..03cec8bdaae 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/bargauge/BarGaugePanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/bargauge/BarGaugePanel.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export class BarGaugePanel extends PureComponent<PanelProps<BarGaugeOptions>> {
   ): JSX.Element => {
     const { options } = this.props;
     const { field, display, view, colIndex } = value;
-    const f = view.dataFrame.fields[colIndex];
 
     return (
       <DataLinksContextMenu links={getFieldLinksSupplier(value)}>
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ export class BarGaugePanel extends PureComponent<PanelProps<BarGaugeOptions>> {
               height={height}
               orientation={options.orientation}
               field={field}
-              display={f.display!}
+              display={view?.getFieldDisplayProcessor(colIndex)}
               theme={config.theme}
               itemSpacing={this.getItemSpacing()}
               displayMode={options.displayMode}