diff --git a/src/sentry/rules/actions/notify_event_service.py b/src/sentry/rules/actions/notify_event_service.py
index 31fe09bf88bc9a..08ae4f1a40d086 100644
--- a/src/sentry/rules/actions/notify_event_service.py
+++ b/src/sentry/rules/actions/notify_event_service.py
@@ -103,12 +103,10 @@ def find_alert_rule_action_ui_component(app_platform_event: AppPlatformEvent) ->
     Loop through the triggers for the alert rule event. For each trigger, check
     if an action is an alert rule UI Component
     """
-    triggers = (
-        getattr(app_platform_event, "data", {})
-        .get("metric_alert", {})
-        .get("alert_rule", {})
-        .get("triggers", [])
-    )
+    data = getattr(app_platform_event, "data", {}) or {}
+    metric_alert = data.get("metric_alert") or {}
+    alert_rule = metric_alert.get("alert_rule") or {}
+    triggers = alert_rule.get("triggers") or []
 
     actions = [
         action
diff --git a/tests/sentry/rules/actions/test_notify_event_service.py b/tests/sentry/rules/actions/test_notify_event_service.py
index ac43f7bc7fb8ad..eef9d7770cec56 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/rules/actions/test_notify_event_service.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/rules/actions/test_notify_event_service.py
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 from django.utils import timezone
 
-from sentry.rules.actions.notify_event_service import NotifyEventServiceAction
+from sentry.rules.actions.notify_event_service import (
+    NotifyEventServiceAction,
+    find_alert_rule_action_ui_component,
+)
 from sentry.sentry_apps.tasks.sentry_apps import notify_sentry_app
 from sentry.silo.base import SiloMode
-from sentry.testutils.cases import RuleTestCase
+from sentry.testutils.cases import RuleTestCase, TestCase
 from sentry.testutils.silo import assume_test_silo_mode
 from sentry.testutils.skips import requires_snuba
 
@@ -90,3 +93,30 @@ def test_sentry_app_installed(self) -> None:
 
         results = rule.get_services()
         assert len(results) == 0
+
+
+class FindAlertRuleActionUiComponentTest(TestCase):
+    def test_returns_false_when_metric_alert_null(self) -> None:
+        app_platform_event = MagicMock()
+        app_platform_event.data = {"metric_alert": None}
+
+        assert find_alert_rule_action_ui_component(app_platform_event) is False
+
+    def test_detects_ui_component(self) -> None:
+        app_platform_event = MagicMock()
+        app_platform_event.data = {
+            "metric_alert": {
+                "alert_rule": {
+                    "triggers": [
+                        {
+                            "actions": [
+                                {"type": "email"},
+                                {"type": "sentry_app", "settings": {"key": "value"}},
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        assert find_alert_rule_action_ui_component(app_platform_event) is True