From 7811fdd17a00e474ee354c7b3760bbb622dcc19a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Srikanth Chekuri <srikanth.chekuri92@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:43:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: nil pointer dereference for empty payload (#5680)

---
 pkg/query-service/model/v3/v3.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/query-service/model/v3/v3.go b/pkg/query-service/model/v3/v3.go
index 491cfaac88..3b5e042c6d 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/model/v3/v3.go
+++ b/pkg/query-service/model/v3/v3.go
@@ -446,13 +446,15 @@ func (c *CompositeQuery) EnabledQueries() int {
 }
 
 func (c *CompositeQuery) Sanitize() {
+	if c == nil {
+		return
+	}
 	// remove groupBy for queries with list panel type
 	for _, query := range c.BuilderQueries {
 		if len(query.GroupBy) > 0 && c.PanelType == PanelTypeList {
 			query.GroupBy = []AttributeKey{}
 		}
 	}
-
 }
 
 func (c *CompositeQuery) Validate() error {