diff --git a/app/views/notifications/index/_read_notifications.html.erb b/app/views/notifications/index/_read_notifications.html.erb
index c5e282237..04c2e3c48 100644
--- a/app/views/notifications/index/_read_notifications.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/notifications/index/_read_notifications.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-<section class="notifications-list notifications-list--read panel panel--wide center borderless unpad flex flex-column gap-half margin-block-start">
-  <h2 class="txt-medium margin-block-start-double margin-block-end-half txt-uppercase translucent">Previously seen</h2>
+<% if page.records.any? %>
+  <section class="notifications-list notifications-list--read panel panel--wide center borderless unpad flex flex-column gap-half margin-block-start">
+    <h2 class="txt-medium margin-block-start-double margin-block-end-half txt-uppercase translucent">Previously seen</h2>
 
-  <div id="notifications_list_read" contents>
-    <%= render partial: "notifications/index/notification", collection: page.records, cached: true %>
-  </div>
-</section>
+    <div id="notifications_list_read" contents>
+      <%= render partial: "notifications/index/notification", collection: page.records, cached: true %>
+    </div>
+  </section>
+<% end %>