diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/listener/api/event/ListTagsEvent.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/listener/api/event/ListTagsEvent.java
index 410e1c7dfe4..04c0759eebd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/listener/api/event/ListTagsEvent.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/listener/api/event/ListTagsEvent.java
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ public final class ListTagsEvent extends TagEvent {
    * @param tagNames The list of tag names that were retrieved.
    */
   public ListTagsEvent(String user, String metalake, String[] tagNames) {
-    super(user, NameIdentifierUtil.ofTag(metalake, tagNames[0]));
+    super(
+        user,
+        NameIdentifierUtil.ofTag(
+            metalake, (tagNames != null && tagNames.length > 0) ? tagNames[0] : ""));
   }
 
   /**