diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/query-pagination-next/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/query-pagination-next/index.php
index d091e1c6bbc0f..829e7b507d527 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/query-pagination-next/index.php
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/query-pagination-next/index.php
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ function render_block_core_query_pagination_next( $attributes, $content, $block
 		$content = get_next_posts_link( $label, $max_page );
 		remove_filter( 'next_posts_link_attributes', $filter_link_attributes );
 	} elseif ( ! $max_page || $max_page > $page ) {
-		$custom_query = new WP_Query( build_query_vars_from_query_block( $block, $page ) );
-		if ( (int) $custom_query->max_num_pages !== $page ) {
+		$custom_query  = new WP_Query( build_query_vars_from_query_block( $block, $page ) );
+		$max_num_pages = (int) $custom_query->max_num_pages;
+		if ( ! $max_num_pages ) {
+			return '';
+		}
+		if ( $max_num_pages !== $page ) {
 			$content = sprintf(
 				'<a href="%1$s" %2$s>%3$s</a>',
 				esc_url( add_query_arg( $page_key, $page + 1 ) ),