diff --git a/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb b/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb
index 234ec74c2cd..24fe1602c2d 100644
--- a/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class PipelineEntity < Grape::Entity
   end
 
   def incremental?
-    options[:incremental]
+    options[:incremental] && last_updated
   end
 
   def last_updated