diff --git a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useUniqueLabelError.ts b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useUniqueLabelError.ts
index 331c1a70b7dc..84276f2998ae 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useUniqueLabelError.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Workflow/Editor/composables/useUniqueLabelError.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ export function useUniqueLabelError(
     workflowStateStore: ReturnType<typeof useWorkflowStepStore>,
     label: string | null | undefined
 ) {
-    const error = ref("");
+    const error = ref<string | null>(null);
     if (label && workflowStateStore.workflowOutputs[label]) {
         error.value = `Duplicate label ${label}. Please fix this before saving the workflow.`;
-    } else {
-        error.value = "";
     }
     return error;
 }