diff --git a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Netflow/netflow.conf b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Netflow/netflow.conf
index 481cc3bcb..264ed9bee 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Netflow/netflow.conf
+++ b/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/Netflow/netflow.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   and
   OPNsense.Netflow.capture.interfaces.strip()
   and
+  helpers.exists('OPNsense.Netflow.capture.targets')
+  and
   OPNsense.Netflow.capture.targets.strip()
   %}
 netflow_interfaces="{% for interface in OPNsense.Netflow.capture.interfaces.split(',')