diff --git a/app/models/user/filtering.rb b/app/models/user/filtering.rb
index 448445c0b..065e3bfb0 100644
--- a/app/models/user/filtering.rb
+++ b/app/models/user/filtering.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class User::Filtering
   end
 
   def show_tags?
+    return unless Tag.any?
     expanded? || filter.tags.any?
   end