diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-control-plane/src/indexing_scheduler/scheduling/mod.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-control-plane/src/indexing_scheduler/scheduling/mod.rs
index 9009f85c79c..6cf8f99191a 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-control-plane/src/indexing_scheduler/scheduling/mod.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-control-plane/src/indexing_scheduler/scheduling/mod.rs
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ fn convert_scheduling_solution_to_physical_plan_single_node_single_source(
     mut previous_tasks: &[&IndexingTask],
     source: &SourceToSchedule,
 ) -> Vec<IndexingTask> {
+    if remaining_num_shards_to_schedule_on_node == 0 {
+        return Vec::new();
+    }
     match &source.source_type {
         SourceToScheduleType::Sharded {
             shard_ids,