diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2201e450dd8..4085c85869b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## [`master`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/master)
 
-No public interface changes since `30.6.0`.
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- Fixed `EuiSuggest` popover opening when an empty array is passed into the `suggestions` prop ([#4349](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/4349))
 
 ## [`30.6.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v30.6.0)
 
diff --git a/src/components/suggest/suggest_input.tsx b/src/components/suggest/suggest_input.tsx
index 0beb78e14d5..3781ada7642 100644
--- a/src/components/suggest/suggest_input.tsx
+++ b/src/components/suggest/suggest_input.tsx
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export const EuiSuggestInput: FunctionComponent<EuiSuggestInputProps> = (
     <EuiInputPopover
       className={classes}
       input={customInput}
-      isOpen={isPopoverOpen}
+      isOpen={suggestions.length > 0 && isPopoverOpen}
       panelPaddingSize="none"
       fullWidth
       closePopover={closePopover}>