diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/logs.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/logs.tsx
index 828a342ea2f02..d0345be0ff0ae 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/logs.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/logs.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ interface LogsProps {
     }>;
     enabled: boolean;
     limit: number;
-    reason: IReason;
+    reason?: IReason;
   };
   nodeId?: string;
   indexUuid?: string;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/reason.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/reason.tsx
index 63c3241cd448b..82a4f788df98b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/reason.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/logs/reason.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface IReason {
   correctIndexName?: boolean;
 }
 
-export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
+export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason?: IReason }) => {
   const filebeatUrl = Legacy.shims.docLinks.links.filebeat.installation;
   const elasticsearchUrl = Legacy.shims.docLinks.links.filebeat.elasticsearchModule;
   const troubleshootUrl = Legacy.shims.docLinks.links.monitoring.troubleshootKibana;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
     />
   );
 
-  if (false === reason.indexPatternExists) {
+  if (false === reason?.indexPatternExists) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.noIndexPatternTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'No log data found',
     });
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
       />
     );
   } else if (
-    false === reason.indexPatternInTimeRangeExists ||
-    (false === reason.typeExists && reason.typeExistsAtAnyTime)
+    false === reason?.indexPatternInTimeRangeExists ||
+    (false === reason?.typeExists && reason.typeExistsAtAnyTime)
   ) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.noIndexPatternInTimePeriodTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'No logs for the selected time',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
         defaultMessage="Use the time filter to adjust your timeframe."
       />
     );
-  } else if (false === reason.typeExists) {
+  } else if (false === reason?.typeExists) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.noTypeTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'No logs for Elasticsearch',
     });
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
         }}
       />
     );
-  } else if (false === reason.usingStructuredLogs) {
+  } else if (false === reason?.usingStructuredLogs) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.notUsingStructuredLogsTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'No structured logs found',
     });
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
         }}
       />
     );
-  } else if (false === reason.clusterExists) {
+  } else if (false === reason?.clusterExists) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.noClusterTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'No logs for this cluster',
     });
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
         }}
       />
     );
-  } else if (false === reason.nodeExists) {
+  } else if (false === reason?.nodeExists) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.noNodeTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'No logs for this Elasticsearch node',
     });
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
         }}
       />
     );
-  } else if (false === reason.indexExists) {
+  } else if (false === reason?.indexExists) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.noIndexTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'No logs for this index',
     });
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export const Reason = ({ reason }: { reason: IReason }) => {
         }}
       />
     );
-  } else if (false === reason.correctIndexName) {
+  } else if (false === reason?.correctIndexName) {
     title = i18n.translate('xpack.monitoring.logs.reason.correctIndexNameTitle', {
       defaultMessage: 'Corrupted filebeat index',
     });