diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java
index bb33364a751..22772ff4a15 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/profile/QueryProfilerIT.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                     .execute().actionGet();
 
             assertNotNull("Profile response element should not be null", resp.getProfileResults());
+            assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
             for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shard : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
                 for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shard.getValue()) {
                     for (ProfileResult result : searchProfiles.getQueryResults()) {
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
         Map<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> p = resp.getProfileResults();
         assertNotNull(p);
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {
@@ -240,6 +242,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
         Map<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> p = resp.getProfileResults();
         assertNotNull(p);
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {
@@ -307,6 +310,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                 .execute().actionGet();
 
         assertNotNull("Profile response element should not be null", resp.getProfileResults());
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {
@@ -358,6 +362,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                 .execute().actionGet();
 
         assertNotNull("Profile response element should not be null", resp.getProfileResults());
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {
@@ -404,6 +409,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                 .execute().actionGet();
 
         assertNotNull("Profile response element should not be null", resp.getProfileResults());
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {
@@ -450,6 +456,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                 .execute().actionGet();
 
         assertNotNull("Profile response element should not be null", resp.getProfileResults());
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {
@@ -495,6 +502,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                 .execute().actionGet();
 
         assertNotNull("Profile response element should not be null", resp.getProfileResults());
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {
@@ -549,6 +557,7 @@ public class QueryProfilerIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
         }
 
         assertNotNull("Profile response element should not be null", resp.getProfileResults());
+        assertThat("Profile response should not be an empty array", resp.getProfileResults().size(), not(0));
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<ProfileShardResult>> shardResult : resp.getProfileResults().entrySet()) {
             for (ProfileShardResult searchProfiles : shardResult.getValue()) {