diff --git a/netbox/extras/api/views.py b/netbox/extras/api/views.py
index 06797891e..f518275e0 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/api/views.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/api/views.py
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ class CustomFieldChoiceSetViewSet(NetBoxModelViewSet):
             data = [
                 {'id': c[0], 'display': c[1]} for c in page
             ]
-            return self.get_paginated_response(data)
+        else:
+            data = []
+
+        return self.get_paginated_response(data)
 
 
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