diff --git a/app/jobs/complete_backorder_job.rb b/app/jobs/complete_backorder_job.rb
index 3126c4c513..db177c5cf5 100644
--- a/app/jobs/complete_backorder_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/complete_backorder_job.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class CompleteBackorderJob < ApplicationJob
   #             someone else's order.
   def perform(user, distributor, order_cycle, order_id)
     order = FdcBackorderer.new(user, nil).find_order(order_id)
+
+    return if order&.lines.blank?
+
     urls = FdcUrlBuilder.new(order.lines[0].offer.offeredItem.semanticId)
 
     variants = order_cycle.variants_distributed_by(distributor)
diff --git a/spec/jobs/complete_backorder_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/complete_backorder_job_spec.rb
index 22bb7862e9..7e575a3380 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/complete_backorder_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/complete_backorder_job_spec.rb
@@ -115,5 +115,21 @@ RSpec.describe CompleteBackorderJob do
       }.to enqueue_mail(BackorderMailer, :backorder_incomplete)
         .and raise_error VCR::Errors::UnhandledHTTPRequestError
     end
+
+    it "skips empty backorders" do
+      user = nil
+      distributor = nil
+      order_cycle = nil
+      order_id = nil
+      backorder = DataFoodConsortium::Connector::Order.new(
+        order_id, orderStatus: "dfc-v:Held"
+      )
+      expect_any_instance_of(FdcBackorderer)
+        .to receive(:find_order).and_return(backorder)
+
+      expect {
+        subject.perform(user, distributor, order_cycle, order_id)
+      }.not_to raise_error
+    end
   end
 end