diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
index ef1b53eaf1b..e1e131d9f3a 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
@@ -466,6 +466,9 @@ func (e *CloudWatchExecutor) handleGetEc2InstanceAttribute(ctx context.Context,
 						return nil, errors.New("invalid attribute path")
 					}
 					v = v.FieldByName(key)
+					if !v.IsValid() {
+						return nil, errors.New("invalid attribute path")
+					}
 				}
 				if attr, ok := v.Interface().(*string); ok {
 					data = *attr