diff --git a/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report.go b/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report.go
index 54645d85a..d5bc801c7 100644
--- a/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report.go
+++ b/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report.go
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ func (assembler *ScanReportAssembler) Assemble(ctx context.Context) error {
 				log.Warningf("get scan summary of artifact %s@%s for %s failed, error:%v", artifact.RepositoryName, artifact.Digest, v1.MimeTypeSBOMReport, err)
 			}
 			if len(overview) == 0 {
+				// only fetch the sbom overview from execution when the overview is empty and the artifact has child references ( image index, cnab etc)
+				if len(artifact.References) == 0 {
+					continue
+				}
 				log.Warningf("overview is empty, retrieve sbom status from execution")
 				// Get latest execution with digest, repository, and scan type is sbom, the status is the scan status
 				query := q.New(
diff --git a/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report_test.go b/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report_test.go
index 003632068..b0dd8f9f0 100644
--- a/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report_test.go
+++ b/src/server/v2.0/handler/assembler/report_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (suite *VulAssemblerTestSuite) TestAssembleSBOMOverviewImageIndex() {
 	var artifact model.Artifact
 	err := assembler.WithArtifacts(&artifact).Assemble(context.TODO())
 	suite.Nil(err)
-	suite.Equal(artifact.SBOMOverView["scan_status"], "Error")
+	suite.Nil(artifact.SBOMOverView["scan_status"])
 
 	mock.OnAnything(exeMgr, "List").Return(nil, nil).Once()
 	var artifact2 model.Artifact