diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/gc/soft_deleted_entity_cleanup.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/gc/soft_deleted_entity_cleanup.py
index cf810d05aa..32243106bb 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/gc/soft_deleted_entity_cleanup.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/gc/soft_deleted_entity_cleanup.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class SoftDeletedEntitiesCleanup:
                 )
                 break
             scroll_across_entities = result.get("scrollAcrossEntities")
-            if not scroll_across_entities:
+            if not scroll_across_entities or not scroll_across_entities.get("count"):
                 break
             scroll_id = scroll_across_entities.get("nextScrollId")
             self.report.num_queries_found += scroll_across_entities.get("count")