diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/WidgetSuggestionHelper.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/WidgetSuggestionHelper.java
index 18bf7b5bf5..f3b9134150 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/WidgetSuggestionHelper.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/WidgetSuggestionHelper.java
@@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ public class WidgetSuggestionHelper {
                             widgetTypeList.add(getWidget(WidgetType.TEXT_WIDGET));
                         } else {
                             String nestedFieldName = objectFields.get(0);
-                            collectFieldsFromData(node.get(nestedFieldName).get(0).fields());
-                            widgetTypeList = getWidgetsForTypeNestedObject(nestedFieldName);
+                            if(node.get(nestedFieldName).size() == 0) {
+                                widgetTypeList.add(getWidget(WidgetType.TEXT_WIDGET));
+                            } else {
+                                collectFieldsFromData(node.get(nestedFieldName).get(0).fields());
+                                widgetTypeList = getWidgetsForTypeNestedObject(nestedFieldName);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ActionServiceTest.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ActionServiceTest.java
index 3849dc0cd0..95dab86748 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ActionServiceTest.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ActionServiceTest.java
@@ -2061,4 +2061,47 @@ public class ActionServiceTest {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @WithUserDetails(value = "api_user")
+    public void testWidgetSuggestionNestedData() throws JsonProcessingException {
+
+        Mockito.when(pluginExecutorHelper.getPluginExecutor(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(Mono.just(pluginExecutor));
+        ActionExecutionResult mockResult = new ActionExecutionResult();
+        final String data = "{\"data\": {\n" +
+                "    \"next\": \"https://mock-api.appsmith.com/users?page=2&pageSize=10\",\n" +
+                "    \"previous\": null,\n" +
+                "    \"users\": []\n" +
+                "}}";
+        final JsonNode arrNode = new ObjectMapper().readTree(data).get("data");;
+
+        mockResult.setIsExecutionSuccess(true);
+        mockResult.setBody(arrNode);
+        mockResult.setStatusCode("200");
+        mockResult.setHeaders(objectMapper.valueToTree(Map.of("response-header-key", "response-header-value")));
+        mockResult.setDataTypes(List.of(new ParsedDataType(DisplayDataType.RAW)));
+
+        List<WidgetSuggestionDTO> widgetTypeList = new ArrayList<>();
+        widgetTypeList.add(WidgetSuggestionHelper.getWidgetNestedData(WidgetType.TEXT_WIDGET,"users"));
+        mockResult.setSuggestedWidgets(widgetTypeList);
+
+        ActionDTO action = new ActionDTO();
+        ActionConfiguration actionConfiguration = new ActionConfiguration();
+        actionConfiguration.setHttpMethod(HttpMethod.POST);
+        actionConfiguration.setBody("random-request-body");
+        actionConfiguration.setHeaders(List.of(new Property("random-header-key", "random-header-value")));
+        action.setActionConfiguration(actionConfiguration);
+        action.setPageId(testPage.getId());
+        action.setName("testActionExecute");
+        action.setDatasource(datasource);
+        ActionDTO createdAction = layoutActionService.createAction(action).block();
+
+        ExecuteActionDTO executeActionDTO = new ExecuteActionDTO();
+        executeActionDTO.setActionId(createdAction.getId());
+        executeActionDTO.setViewMode(false);
+
+        executeAndAssertAction(executeActionDTO, actionConfiguration, mockResult,
+                List.of(new ParsedDataType(DisplayDataType.RAW)));
+
+    }
+
 }