diff --git a/pkg/logql/blocker.go b/pkg/logql/blocker.go
index 248ba708db3..df4614d5ef7 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/blocker.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/blocker.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ func (qb *queryBlocker) isBlocked(ctx context.Context, tenant string) bool {
 	logger := log.With(qb.logger, "user", tenant, "type", typ)
 
 	for _, b := range blocks {
+		if b == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 
 		if b.Hash > 0 {
 			if b.Hash == util.HashedQuery(query) {
diff --git a/pkg/logql/blocker_test.go b/pkg/logql/blocker_test.go
index b3805e6d370..bea15a02494 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/blocker_test.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/blocker_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ func TestEngine_ExecWithBlockedQueries(t *testing.T) {
 		blocked     []*validation.BlockedQuery
 		expectedErr error
 	}{
+		{
+			name:        "edge case: slice contains nil value",
+			q:           defaultQuery,
+			blocked:     []*validation.BlockedQuery{nil},
+			expectedErr: nil,
+		},
 		{
 			"exact match all types",
 			defaultQuery, []*validation.BlockedQuery{