diff --git a/layouts/section/publication.html b/layouts/section/publication.html
index c9e5109d..21a17be3 100644
--- a/layouts/section/publication.html
+++ b/layouts/section/publication.html
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
         <select class="pub-filters" data-filter-group="year">
           <option value="*">{{ i18n "filter_all" }}</option>
           {{ $years_sorted := $.Scratch.GetSortedMapValues "years" }}
+          {{ if $years_sorted }}
           {{ range $year := sort $years_sorted "" "desc" }}
           <option value=".year-{{ $year }}">
             {{ $year }}
           </option>
           {{ end }}
+          {{ end }}
         </select>
       </p>