diff --git a/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-picker.ts b/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-picker.ts
index e69bf3521b..37d1ac178a 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/ha-statistic-picker.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ export class HaStatisticPicker extends LitElement {
 
   private async _getStatisticIds() {
     this.statisticIds = await getStatisticIds(this.hass, this.statisticTypes);
+    this._picker?.requestUpdate();
   }
 
   private _getItems = () =>
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ export class HaStatisticPicker extends LitElement {
       entitiesOnly?: boolean,
       excludeStatistics?: string[],
       value?: string
-    ): StatisticComboBoxItem[] => {
+    ): StatisticComboBoxItem[] | undefined => {
       if (!statisticIds) {
-        return [];
+        return undefined;
       }
 
       if (includeStatisticsUnitOfMeasurement) {
diff --git a/src/components/ha-generic-picker.ts b/src/components/ha-generic-picker.ts
index 8cf4990de4..939f934f67 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-generic-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-generic-picker.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class HaGenericPicker extends PickerMixin(LitElement) {
   public getItems!: (
     searchString?: string,
     section?: string
-  ) => (PickerComboBoxItem | string)[];
+  ) => (PickerComboBoxItem | string)[] | undefined;
 
   @property({ attribute: false, type: Array })
   public getAdditionalItems?: (searchString?: string) => PickerComboBoxItem[];
diff --git a/src/components/ha-picker-combo-box.ts b/src/components/ha-picker-combo-box.ts
index 349d5c4720..34f5101f0f 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-picker-combo-box.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-picker-combo-box.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class HaPickerComboBox extends ScrollableFadeMixin(LitElement) {
   public getItems!: (
     searchString?: string,
     section?: string
-  ) => PickerComboBoxItem[];
+  ) => PickerComboBoxItem[] | undefined;
 
   @property({ attribute: false, type: Array })
   public getAdditionalItems?: (searchString?: string) => PickerComboBoxItem[];
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class HaPickerComboBox extends ScrollableFadeMixin(LitElement) {
     this.getAdditionalItems?.(searchString) || [];
 
   private _getItems = () => {
-    let items = [...this.getItems(this._search, this.selectedSection)];
+    let items = [...(this.getItems(this._search, this.selectedSection) || [])];
 
     if (!this.sections?.length) {
       items = items.sort((entityA, entityB) => {