diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Monit/monitrc b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Monit/monitrc
index 7861d6805..8a45463ea 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Monit/monitrc
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Monit/monitrc
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ check {{ service.type }} {{ service.name }} {{ path }}
 {%     if service.depends is defined %}
 {%      for dependency in service.depends.split(",") %}
 {%      set dependency = helpers.getUUID(dependency) %}
+{%        if dependency %}
    depends on {{dependency.name}}
+{%        endif %}
 {%      endfor %}
 {%     endif %}
 {%     if service.start|default('') != '' %}