diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/entity_manager/server/lib/v2/entity_client.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/entity_manager/server/lib/v2/entity_client.ts
index 818a9b9b02df2..a2003b5fc7d11 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/entity_manager/server/lib/v2/entity_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/entity_manager/server/lib/v2/entity_client.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ export class EntityClient {
           errors: results.filter(isRejectedResult).map((result) => result.reason.message as string),
         }));
 
+        if (validSources.length === 0) {
+          return { type, value: 0, errors };
+        }
+
         const { query, filter } = getEntityCountQuery({
           sources: validSources,
           filters,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/entity_manager/count.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/entity_manager/count.ts
index a191536339163..46c60e4bd2bdc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/entity_manager/count.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/entity_manager/count.ts
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       });
     });
 
-    it('is resilient to invalid sources', async () => {
+    it('is resilient to partially valid sources', async () => {
       await createEntityTypeDefinition(supertest, {
         type: { id: 'chumble', display_name: 'chumble' },
       });
@@ -417,5 +417,46 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         ],
       });
     });
+
+    it('is resilient to no valid sources', async () => {
+      await createEntityTypeDefinition(supertest, {
+        type: { id: 'chumble', display_name: 'chumble' },
+      });
+      await Promise.all([
+        createEntitySourceDefinition(supertest, {
+          source: {
+            id: 'source1-with-chumbles',
+            type_id: 'chumble',
+            index_patterns: ['index-1-with-chumbles'],
+            identity_fields: ['service.name'],
+            metadata_fields: [],
+            filters: [],
+          },
+        }),
+        createEntitySourceDefinition(supertest, {
+          source: {
+            id: 'source2-with-chumbles',
+            type_id: 'chumble',
+            index_patterns: ['index-2-with-chumbles'],
+            identity_fields: ['service.name'],
+            metadata_fields: [],
+            filters: [],
+          },
+        }),
+      ]);
+
+      const result = await countEntities(supertest, {}, 200);
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        total: 0,
+        types: {
+          chumble: 0,
+        },
+        errors: [
+          'No index found for source [source: source1-with-chumbles, type: chumble] with index patterns [index-1-with-chumbles]',
+          'No index found for source [source: source2-with-chumbles, type: chumble] with index patterns [index-2-with-chumbles]',
+        ],
+      });
+    });
   });
 }