diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Routing/Gateways.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Routing/Gateways.php
index 7d60bdf91..2c4eaddb4 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Routing/Gateways.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Routing/Gateways.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class Gateways extends BaseModel
             $config = Config::getInstance()->object();
             if (!empty($config->gateways) && count($config->gateways->children()) > 0) {
                 foreach ($config->gateways->children() as $tag => $gateway) {
-                    if ($tag == 'gateway_item') {
+                    if ($tag == 'gateway_item' && count(gateways->children()) > 0) {
                         $record = [];
                         // iterate over the individual nodes since empty nodes still return a
                         // SimpleXMLObject when the container is converted to an array