diff --git a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/nodes/NodeTerminal.tsx b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/nodes/NodeTerminal.tsx
index 75f7e2c4512..3d3b8e0ace4 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/nodes/NodeTerminal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/console-app/src/components/nodes/NodeTerminal.tsx
@@ -249,11 +249,15 @@ const NodeTerminal: FC<NodeTerminalProps> = ({ obj: node }) => {
     };
   }, [nodeName, isWindows]);
 
-  return errorMessage ? (
-    <NodeTerminalError error={errorMessage} />
-  ) : (
-    <NodeTerminalInner pod={pod} loaded={loaded} loadError={loadError} />
-  );
+  if (errorMessage) {
+    return <NodeTerminalError error={errorMessage} />;
+  }
+
+  if (!podName) {
+    return <LoadingBox />;
+  }
+
+  return <NodeTerminalInner pod={pod} loaded={loaded} loadError={loadError} />;
 };
 
 export default NodeTerminal;