diff --git a/src/components/Search/index.tsx b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
index d4abada11ecb..147d917efc49 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ function Search({
     // Show a skeleton whenever heavy work is deferred, even for live-data (to-do) searches,
     // so we never fall through to the empty-state check with stale zero-length data.
     const isDeferringHeavyWork = !isOffline && shouldDeferHeavySearchWork;
-    const isSearchLoadingWithNoResults = !!searchResults?.search.isLoading && Array.isArray(searchResults?.data) && searchResults?.data.length === 0;
+    const isSearchLoadingWithNoResults = !!searchResults?.search?.isLoading && Array.isArray(searchResults?.data) && searchResults?.data.length === 0;
     const hasUnresolvedErrors = hasErrors && searchRequestResponseStatusCode === null;
     const isWaitingForInitialData = !shouldUseLiveData && !isOffline && (!isDataLoaded || isSearchLoadingWithNoResults || hasUnresolvedErrors || isCardFeedsLoading);
     const shouldShowLoadingState = isDeferringHeavyWork || isWaitingForInitialData;