diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.tsx
index cbccca72e0..bf988194f1 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/HostDetailsPage.tsx
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ const HostDetailsPage = ({
           }
           return; // exit early because refectch is pending so we can avoid unecessary steps below
         }
-        setHostSoftware(returnedHost.software);
-        setUsersState(returnedHost.users);
+        setHostSoftware(returnedHost.software || []);
+        setUsersState(returnedHost.users || []);
         if (returnedHost.pack_stats) {
           const packStatsByType = returnedHost.pack_stats.reduce(
             (
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/SoftwareTab/SoftwareTab.tsx b/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/SoftwareTab/SoftwareTab.tsx
index ca976ecc6a..2e5b59a78c 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/SoftwareTab/SoftwareTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/HostDetailsPage/SoftwareTab/SoftwareTab.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const SoftwareTable = ({
     <div className="section section--software">
       <p className="section__header">Software</p>
 
-      {software.length ? (
+      {software?.length ? (
         <>
           {software && <SoftwareVulnCount softwareList={software} />}
           {software && (