diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.test.ts
index c2ba6ee1a403a..967e1b1f624aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.test.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ describe('AggTypeMetricSinglePercentileProvider class', () => {
     ).toEqual(123);
   });
 
+  it('should not throw error for empty buckets', () => {
+    const agg = aggConfigs.getResponseAggs()[0];
+    expect(agg.getValue({})).toEqual(NaN);
+  });
+
   it('produces the expected expression ast', () => {
     const agg = aggConfigs.getResponseAggs()[0];
     expect(agg.toExpressionAst()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.ts
index 4bdafcae327cd..954576e2bbe1f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/aggs/metrics/single_percentile.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ export const getSinglePercentileMetricAgg = () => {
       if (Number.isInteger(agg.params.percentile)) {
         valueKey += '.0';
       }
-      return bucket[agg.id].values[valueKey];
+      const { values } = bucket[agg.id] ?? {};
+
+      return values ? values[valueKey] : NaN;
     },
   });
 };