diff --git a/doc/release-notes/1083-mydata-npe-with-harvested-dataverses.md b/doc/release-notes/1083-mydata-npe-with-harvested-dataverses.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..230d69c9b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/1083-mydata-npe-with-harvested-dataverses.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug with My Data where listing dataverses for a user with only rights on harvested dataverses would result in a server error response.
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diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/mydata/MyDataFinder.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/mydata/MyDataFinder.java
index 5626a442762..091fbde484e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/mydata/MyDataFinder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/mydata/MyDataFinder.java
@@ -439,19 +439,6 @@ private boolean runStep1RoleAssignments() {
         if (results == null) {
             this.addErrorMessage(BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("myDataFinder.error.result.null"));
             return false;
-        } else if (results.isEmpty()) {
-            List<String> roleNames = this.rolePermissionHelper.getRoleNamesByIdList(this.filterParams.getRoleIds());
-            if ((roleNames == null) || (roleNames.isEmpty())) {
-                this.addErrorMessage(BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("myDataFinder.error.result.no.role"));
-            } else {
-                final List<String> args = Arrays.asList(StringUtils.join(roleNames, ", "));
-                if (roleNames.size() == 1) {
-                    this.addErrorMessage(BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("myDataFinder.error.result.role.empty", args));
-                } else {
-                    this.addErrorMessage(BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("myDataFinder.error.result.roles.empty", args));
-                }
-            }
-            return false;
         }
 
         // Iterate through assigned objects, a single object may end up in
@@ -485,6 +472,21 @@ private boolean runStep1RoleAssignments() {
             }
             directDvObjectIds.add(dvId);
         }
+
+        if (directDvObjectIds.isEmpty()) {
+            List<String> roleNames = this.rolePermissionHelper.getRoleNamesByIdList(this.filterParams.getRoleIds());
+            if ((roleNames == null) || (roleNames.isEmpty())) {
+                this.addErrorMessage(BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("myDataFinder.error.result.no.role"));
+            } else {
+                final List<String> args = Arrays.asList(StringUtils.join(roleNames, ", "));
+                if (roleNames.size() == 1) {
+                    this.addErrorMessage(BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("myDataFinder.error.result.role.empty", args));
+                } else {
+                    this.addErrorMessage(BundleUtil.getStringFromBundle("myDataFinder.error.result.roles.empty", args));
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataRetrieverApiIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataRetrieverApiIT.java
index 3cd03abeb38..d5c80cde1aa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataRetrieverApiIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataRetrieverApiIT.java
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 import io.restassured.RestAssured;
 import io.restassured.response.Response;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.api.auth.ApiKeyAuthMechanism;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.DataverseRole;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.util.BundleUtil;
 
+import io.restassured.path.json.JsonPath;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -44,12 +46,62 @@ public void testRetrieveMyDataAsJsonString() {
         assertEquals(prettyPrintError("dataretrieverAPI.user.not.found", Arrays.asList(badUserIdentifier)), invalidUserIdentifierResponse.prettyPrint());
         assertEquals(OK.getStatusCode(), invalidUserIdentifierResponse.getStatusCode());
 
-        // Call as superuser with valid user identifier
+        // Call as superuser with valid user identifier and no roles
         Response createSecondUserResponse = UtilIT.createRandomUser();
         String userIdentifier = UtilIT.getUsernameFromResponse(createSecondUserResponse);
         Response validUserIdentifierResponse = UtilIT.retrieveMyDataAsJsonString(superUserApiToken, userIdentifier, emptyRoleIdsList);
         assertEquals(prettyPrintError("myDataFinder.error.result.no.role", null), validUserIdentifierResponse.prettyPrint());
         assertEquals(OK.getStatusCode(), validUserIdentifierResponse.getStatusCode());
+
+        // Call as normal user with one valid role and no results
+        Response createNormalUserResponse = UtilIT.createRandomUser();
+        String normalUserUsername = UtilIT.getUsernameFromResponse(createNormalUserResponse);
+        String normalUserApiToken = UtilIT.getApiTokenFromResponse(createNormalUserResponse);
+        Response noResultwithOneRoleResponse = UtilIT.retrieveMyDataAsJsonString(normalUserApiToken, "", new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(5L)));
+        assertEquals(prettyPrintError("myDataFinder.error.result.role.empty", Arrays.asList("Dataset Creator")), noResultwithOneRoleResponse.prettyPrint());
+        assertEquals(OK.getStatusCode(), noResultwithOneRoleResponse.getStatusCode());
+
+        // Call as normal user with multiple valid roles and no results
+        Response noResultWithMultipleRoleResponse = UtilIT.retrieveMyDataAsJsonString(normalUserApiToken, "", new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(5L, 6L)));
+        assertEquals(prettyPrintError("myDataFinder.error.result.roles.empty", Arrays.asList("Dataset Creator, Contributor")), noResultWithMultipleRoleResponse.prettyPrint());
+        assertEquals(OK.getStatusCode(), noResultWithMultipleRoleResponse.getStatusCode());
+
+        // Call as normal user with one valid dataset role and one dataset result
+        Response createDataverseResponse = UtilIT.createRandomDataverse(normalUserApiToken);
+        createDataverseResponse.prettyPrint();
+        String dataverseAlias = UtilIT.getAliasFromResponse(createDataverseResponse);
+
+        Response createDatasetResponse = UtilIT.createRandomDatasetViaNativeApi(dataverseAlias, normalUserApiToken);
+        createDatasetResponse.prettyPrint();
+        Integer datasetId = UtilIT.getDatasetIdFromResponse(createDatasetResponse);
+        UtilIT.sleepForReindex(datasetId.toString(), normalUserApiToken, 4);
+        Response oneDatasetResponse = UtilIT.retrieveMyDataAsJsonString(normalUserApiToken, "", new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(6L)));
+        assertEquals(OK.getStatusCode(), oneDatasetResponse.getStatusCode());
+        JsonPath jsonPathOneDataset = oneDatasetResponse.getBody().jsonPath();
+        assertEquals(1, jsonPathOneDataset.getInt("data.total_count"));
+        assertEquals(datasetId, jsonPathOneDataset.getInt("data.items[0].entity_id"));
+
+        // Call as normal user with one valid dataverse role and one dataverse result
+        UtilIT.grantRoleOnDataverse(dataverseAlias, DataverseRole.DS_CONTRIBUTOR.toString(),
+                "@" + normalUserUsername, superUserApiToken);
+        Response oneDataverseResponse = UtilIT.retrieveMyDataAsJsonString(normalUserApiToken, "", new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(5L)));
+        assertEquals(OK.getStatusCode(), oneDataverseResponse.getStatusCode());
+        JsonPath jsonPathOneDataverse = oneDataverseResponse.getBody().jsonPath();
+        assertEquals(1, jsonPathOneDataverse.getInt("data.total_count"));
+        assertEquals(dataverseAlias, jsonPathOneDataverse.getString("data.items[0].name"));
+
+        // Clean up
+        Response deleteDatasetResponse = UtilIT.deleteDatasetViaNativeApi(datasetId, normalUserApiToken);
+        deleteDatasetResponse.prettyPrint();
+        assertEquals(200, deleteDatasetResponse.getStatusCode());
+
+        Response deleteDataverseResponse = UtilIT.deleteDataverse(dataverseAlias, normalUserApiToken);
+        deleteDataverseResponse.prettyPrint();
+        assertEquals(200, deleteDataverseResponse.getStatusCode());
+
+        Response deleteUserResponse = UtilIT.deleteUser(normalUserUsername);
+        deleteUserResponse.prettyPrint();
+        assertEquals(200, deleteUserResponse.getStatusCode());
     }
 
     private static String prettyPrintError(String resourceBundleKey, List<String> params) {