diff --git a/app/models/manager_refresh/inventory_collection.rb b/app/models/manager_refresh/inventory_collection.rb
index b2821461fdb..f976663d67f 100644
--- a/app/models/manager_refresh/inventory_collection.rb
+++ b/app/models/manager_refresh/inventory_collection.rb
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ def db_relation(selection = nil, projection = nil)
                    rel
                  end
 
-      relation || []
+      relation || model_class.none
     end
 
     # Extracting references to a relation friendly format, or a format processable by a custom_db_finder