diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleConfigStatus.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleConfigStatus.tsx
index 296df2eeb6a..804dbca292f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleConfigStatus.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rules/RuleConfigStatus.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface RuleConfigStatusProps {
 export function RuleConfigStatus({ rule }: RuleConfigStatusProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
-  const { exceedsLimit } = checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit(rule.group.interval ?? '');
+  const { exceedsLimit } = checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit(rule.group.interval);
 
   if (!exceedsLimit) {
     return null;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts
index 1d3adbf760e..7ff88c145a5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/utils/config.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ export function getAllDataSources(): Array<DataSourceInstanceSettings<DataSource
   return Object.values(config.datasources);
 }
 
-export function checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit(alertGroupEvaluateEvery: string) {
+export function checkEvaluationIntervalGlobalLimit(alertGroupEvaluateEvery?: string) {
+  if (!alertGroupEvaluateEvery) {
+    return { globalLimit: 0, exceedsLimit: false };
+  }
+
   if (!isValidGoDuration(config.unifiedAlerting.minInterval)) {
     return { globalLimit: 0, exceedsLimit: false };
   }