diff --git a/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluator.java b/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluator.java
index a0a85f6a9ab..dcfe62db147 100644
--- a/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluator.java
+++ b/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/main/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluator.java
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ public <T> ProviderEvaluation<T> evaluate(
             .build();
       }
 
-      if (isEmpty(flag.allocations)) {
-        return error(defaultValue, ErrorCode.GENERAL, "Missing allocations for flag " + flag.key);
+      if (flag.allocations == null) {
+        return error(defaultValue, ErrorCode.GENERAL, "Missing allocations for flag " + key);
       }
 
       final Date now = new Date();
diff --git a/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluatorTest.java b/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluatorTest.java
index b949dc20956..f13f8d2a2ba 100644
--- a/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/products/feature-flagging/feature-flagging-api/src/test/java/datadog/trace/api/openfeature/DDEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasEntry;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.oneOf;
@@ -174,8 +175,8 @@ public void testNoAllocations() {
 
     details = evaluator.evaluate(Integer.class, "empty-allocation", 23, ctx);
     assertThat(details.getValue(), equalTo(23));
-    assertThat(details.getReason(), equalTo(ERROR.name()));
-    assertThat(details.getErrorCode(), equalTo(ErrorCode.GENERAL));
+    assertThat(details.getReason(), equalTo(DEFAULT.name()));
+    assertThat(details.getErrorCode(), nullValue());
   }
 
   private static Arguments[] flatteningTestCases() {