diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
index cb4b3dc7abc..5c835719444 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ function getOTLPStatus(tags: TraceKeyValuePair[]): SpanStatus | undefined {
 }
 
 function getOTLPEvents(logs: TraceLog[]): collectorTypes.opentelemetryProto.trace.v1.Span.Event[] | undefined {
-  if (!logs.length) {
+  if (!logs || !logs.length) {
     return undefined;
   }