diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/alerting/metric_threshold/components/expression_chart.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/alerting/metric_threshold/components/expression_chart.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0b43883728a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/alerting/metric_threshold/components/expression_chart.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { mountWithIntl, nextTick } from 'test_utils/enzyme_helpers';
+import { actionTypeRegistryMock } from '../../../../../triggers_actions_ui/public/application/action_type_registry.mock';
+import { alertTypeRegistryMock } from '../../../../../triggers_actions_ui/public/application/alert_type_registry.mock';
+import { coreMock } from '../../../../../../../src/core/public/mocks';
+import { AlertsContextValue } from '../../../../../triggers_actions_ui/public/application/context/alerts_context';
+import { AlertContextMeta, MetricExpression } from '../types';
+import { IIndexPattern } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
+import { InfraSource } from '../../../../common/http_api/source_api';
+import React from 'react';
+import { ExpressionChart } from './expression_chart';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+// eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
+import { Aggregators, Comparator } from '../../../../server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/types';
+import { MetricsExplorerResponse } from '../../../../common/http_api';
+
+describe('ExpressionChart', () => {
+  async function setup(
+    expression: MetricExpression,
+    response: MetricsExplorerResponse | null,
+    filterQuery?: string,
+    groupBy?: string
+  ) {
+    const mocks = coreMock.createSetup();
+    const [
+      {
+        application: { capabilities },
+      },
+    ] = await mocks.getStartServices();
+
+    const context: AlertsContextValue<AlertContextMeta> = {
+      http: mocks.http,
+      toastNotifications: mocks.notifications.toasts,
+      actionTypeRegistry: actionTypeRegistryMock.create() as any,
+      alertTypeRegistry: alertTypeRegistryMock.create() as any,
+      docLinks: mocks.docLinks,
+      capabilities: {
+        ...capabilities,
+        actions: {
+          delete: true,
+          save: true,
+          show: true,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const derivedIndexPattern: IIndexPattern = {
+      title: 'metricbeat-*',
+      fields: [],
+    };
+
+    const source: InfraSource = {
+      id: 'default',
+      origin: 'fallback',
+      configuration: {
+        name: 'default',
+        description: 'The default configuration',
+        logColumns: [],
+        metricAlias: 'metricbeat-*',
+        logAlias: 'filebeat-*',
+        fields: {
+          timestamp: '@timestamp',
+          message: ['message'],
+          container: 'container.id',
+          host: 'host.name',
+          pod: 'kubernetes.pod.uid',
+          tiebreaker: '_doc',
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    mocks.http.fetch.mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve(response));
+
+    const wrapper = mountWithIntl(
+      <ExpressionChart
+        context={context}
+        expression={expression}
+        derivedIndexPattern={derivedIndexPattern}
+        source={source}
+        filterQuery={filterQuery}
+        groupBy={groupBy}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const update = async () =>
+      await act(async () => {
+        await nextTick();
+        wrapper.update();
+      });
+
+    await update();
+
+    return { wrapper, update, fetchMock: mocks.http.fetch };
+  }
+
+  it('should display no data message', async () => {
+    const expression: MetricExpression = {
+      aggType: Aggregators.AVERAGE,
+      timeSize: 1,
+      timeUnit: 'm',
+      sourceId: 'default',
+      threshold: [1],
+      comparator: Comparator.GT_OR_EQ,
+    };
+    const response = {
+      pageInfo: {
+        afterKey: null,
+        total: 0,
+      },
+      series: [{ id: 'Everything', rows: [], columns: [] }],
+    };
+    const { wrapper } = await setup(expression, response);
+    expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj~="noChartData"]').exists()).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/alerting/metric_threshold/components/expression_chart.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/alerting/metric_threshold/components/expression_chart.tsx
index a886dccf105cf..64a9d27961499 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/alerting/metric_threshold/components/expression_chart.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/alerting/metric_threshold/components/expression_chart.tsx
@@ -111,10 +111,15 @@ export const ExpressionChart: React.FC<Props> = ({
   // Creating a custom series where the ID is changed to 0
   // so that we can get a proper domian
   const firstSeries = first(data.series);
-  if (!firstSeries) {
+  if (!firstSeries || !firstSeries.rows || firstSeries.rows.length === 0) {
     return (
       <EmptyContainer>
-        <EuiText color="subdued">Oops, no chart data available</EuiText>
+        <EuiText color="subdued" data-test-subj="noChartData">
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="xpack.infra.metrics.alerts.noDataMessage"
+            defaultMessage="Oops, no chart data available"
+          />
+        </EuiText>
       </EmptyContainer>
     );
   }