diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/components/QueryAutoRefresh.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/components/QueryAutoRefresh.jsx
index 892b7caf52..6f788acba4 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/components/QueryAutoRefresh.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/components/QueryAutoRefresh.jsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class QueryAutoRefresh extends React.PureComponent {
     const queryKeys = Object.keys(queries);
     const queriesAsArray = queryKeys.map(key => queries[key]);
     return queriesAsArray.some(q =>
-      ['running', 'started', 'pending', 'fetching'].indexOf(q.state) >= 0);
+      ['running', 'started', 'pending', 'fetching'].indexOf(q.state) >= 0).length;
   }
   startTimer() {
     if (!(this.timer)) {