diff --git a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/DescriptiveStatisticsHistogramStatistics.java b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/DescriptiveStatisticsHistogramStatistics.java
index 7995a2edc5edd..c8fa2b2a4d9c9 100644
--- a/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/DescriptiveStatisticsHistogramStatistics.java
+++ b/flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/metrics/DescriptiveStatisticsHistogramStatistics.java
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ private void maybeInitPercentile() {
             }
             if (data != null) {
                 percentilesImpl.setData(data);
+            } else {
+                percentilesImpl.setData(new double[] {0.0});
             }
         }
     }