diff --git a/InvenTree/templates/js/forms.js b/InvenTree/templates/js/forms.js
index fb3963d9e2..dd72031149 100644
--- a/InvenTree/templates/js/forms.js
+++ b/InvenTree/templates/js/forms.js
@@ -729,6 +729,10 @@ function initializeRelatedField(name, field, options) {
                 data = item.element.instance;
             }
 
+            if (!data.pk) {
+                return $(searching());
+            }
+
             // Custom formatting for the search results
             if (field.model) {
                 // If the 'model' is specified, hand it off to the custom model render
@@ -750,6 +754,10 @@ function initializeRelatedField(name, field, options) {
                 data = item.element.instance;
             }
 
+            if (!data.pk) {
+                return $(searching());
+            }
+
             // Custom formatting for selected item
             if (field.model) {
                 // If the 'model' is specified, hand it off to the custom model render
@@ -794,6 +802,11 @@ function initializeRelatedField(name, field, options) {
 }
 
 
+// Render a 'no results' element
+function searching() {
+    return `<span>{% trans "Searching" %}...</span>`;
+}
+
 /*
  * Render a "foreign key" model reference in a select2 instance.
  * Allows custom rendering with access to the entire serialized object.