diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.test.js b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.test.js
index e4a054141a..92adfdf283 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.test.js
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.test.js
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ describe('filterSpans', () => {
     expect(filterSpans('processTagKey2', spans)).toEqual(new Set([spanID2]));
   });
 
+  it('should return no spans when logs is null', () => {
+    const nullSpan = { ...span0, logs: null };
+    expect(filterSpans('logFieldKey1', [nullSpan])).toEqual(new Set([]));
+  });
+
   it("should return spans whose process.processTags' kv.value match a filter", () => {
     expect(filterSpans('processTagValue1', spans)).toEqual(new Set([spanID0, spanID2]));
     expect(filterSpans('processTagValue0', spans)).toEqual(new Set([spanID0]));
diff --git a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.tsx b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.tsx
index d6df7876cd..5817f65cbc 100644
--- a/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.tsx
+++ b/packages/jaeger-ui/src/utils/filter-spans.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default function filterSpans(textFilter: string, spans: Span[] | TNil) {
     isTextInFilters(includeFilters, span.operationName) ||
     isTextInFilters(includeFilters, span.process.serviceName) ||
     isTextInKeyValues(span.tags) ||
-    span.logs.some(log => isTextInKeyValues(log.fields)) ||
+    (span.logs !== null && span.logs.some(log => isTextInKeyValues(log.fields))) ||
     isTextInKeyValues(span.process.tags) ||
     includeFilters.some(filter => filter.replace(/^0*/, '') === span.spanID.replace(/^0*/, ''));