diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/profiler/source/fetcher/fetcher_strategy.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/profiler/source/fetcher/fetcher_strategy.py
index 60c04e3a8b8..16ce6f18f53 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/profiler/source/fetcher/fetcher_strategy.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/profiler/source/fetcher/fetcher_strategy.py
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ class DatabaseFetcherStrategy(FetcherStrategy):
             entity=Database,
             params={"service": self.config.source.serviceName},
         )
+        if not databases:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"No databases found for service {self.config.source.serviceName}"
+            )
         databases = cast(Iterable[Database], databases)
 
         if self.source_config.databaseFilterPattern: