diff --git a/app/views/reports/elements/_my_module_result_table_element.html.erb b/app/views/reports/elements/_my_module_result_table_element.html.erb
index 9d093570c..e40d27282 100644
--- a/app/views/reports/elements/_my_module_result_table_element.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/reports/elements/_my_module_result_table_element.html.erb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </div>
   <div class="report-element-body">
     <input type="hidden" class="hot-table-contents" value="<%= table.contents_utf_8 %>" />
-    <input type="hidden" class="hot-table-metadata" value="<%= table.metadata.to_json %>" />
+    <input type="hidden" class="hot-table-metadata" value="<%= table.metadata ? table.metadata.to_json : nil %>" />
     <div class="hot-table-container"></div>
     <table class="report-common-table-format"></table>
   </div>