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 f4c9b19c192..4063cfe7a18 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
@@ -818,8 +818,14 @@ public class QueryManagerImpl extends MutualExclusiveIdsManagerBase implements Q
         Integer count = eventIdPage.second();
         Long[] idArray = eventIdPage.first().toArray(new Long[0]);
 
-        if (count == 0) {
-            return new Pair<>(new ArrayList<>(), count);
+        /**
+         * 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) {
+            count = 0;
         }
 
         List<EventJoinVO> events = _eventJoinDao.searchByIds(idArray);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/event/dao/EventJoinDaoImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/event/dao/EventJoinDaoImpl.java
index f51df27a741..b4316051e43 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/event/dao/EventJoinDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/event/dao/EventJoinDaoImpl.java
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ public class EventJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<EventJoinVO, Long> implemen
 
     @Override
     public List<EventJoinVO> searchByIds(Long... ids) {
+        // return empty collection if there are no ids.
+        if (ids.length == 0) {
+            return List.of();
+        }
         SearchCriteria<EventJoinVO> sc = vrSearch.create();
         sc.setParameters("idIN", ids);
         return searchIncludingRemoved(sc, null, null, false);