diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/filters/components/GroupBy/GroupByFilterPlugin.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/filters/components/GroupBy/GroupByFilterPlugin.tsx
index 9742e27e5908f..091232a5ec3e6 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/filters/components/GroupBy/GroupByFilterPlugin.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/filters/components/GroupBy/GroupByFilterPlugin.tsx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export default function PluginFilterGroupBy(props: PluginFilterGroupByProps) {
   }, [JSON.stringify(defaultValue), multiSelect]);
 
   const groupbys = ensureIsArray(formData.groupby).map(getColumnLabel);
-  const groupby = groupbys[0].length ? groupbys[0] : null;
+  const groupby = groupbys[0]?.length ? groupbys[0] : null;
 
   const withData = groupby
     ? data.filter(row => groupby.includes(row.column_name as string))