diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
index 72ae4935363..f45c1c114ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
@@ -739,7 +739,13 @@ public class QueryManagerImpl extends MutualExclusiveIdsManagerBase implements Q
         Integer count = eventIdPage.second();
         Long[] idArray = eventIdPage.first().toArray(new Long[0]);
 
-        if (count == 0) {
+        /**
+         * Need to check array empty, because {@link com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDaoBase#searchAndCount(SearchCriteria, Filter, boolean)}
+         * makes two calls: first to get objects and second to get count.
+         * List events has start date filter, there is highly possible cause where no objects loaded
+         * and next millisecond new event added and finally we ended up with count = 1 and no ids.
+         */
+        if (count == 0 || idArray.length < 1) {
             return new Pair<>(new ArrayList<>(), count);
         }