diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/rules/find_rules_status_route.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/rules/find_rules_status_route.ts
index ba996c7251d6..01c75079dca0 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/rules/find_rules_status_route.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/rules/find_rules_status_route.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ export const createFindRulesStatusRoute: Hapi.ServerRoute = {
       return {
         ...(await acc),
         [id]: {
-          current_status: convertToSnakeCase(lastFiveErrorsForId.saved_objects[0].attributes),
+          current_status:
+            lastFiveErrorsForId.saved_objects.length > 0
+              ? convertToSnakeCase(lastFiveErrorsForId.saved_objects[0].attributes)
+              : null,
           failures: lastFiveErrorsForId.saved_objects
             .slice(1)
             .map(errorItem => convertToSnakeCase(errorItem.attributes)),
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/types.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/types.ts
index 182d9fcfb8cc..86731d2e7cd6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/rules/types.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ export interface IRuleStatusAttributes {
 
 export interface RuleStatusResponse {
   [key: string]: {
-    current_status: IRuleStatusAttributes;
-    failures: IRuleStatusAttributes[];
+    current_status: IRuleStatusAttributes | null | undefined;
+    failures: IRuleStatusAttributes[] | null | undefined;
   };
 }