diff --git a/server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go b/server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go
index a3c8500783b2..980352dd5cfa 100644
--- a/server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go
+++ b/server/workflowarchive/archived_workflow_server.go
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ func NewWorkflowArchiveServer(wfArchive sqldb.WorkflowArchive, offloadNodeStatus
 }
 
 func (w *archivedWorkflowServer) ListArchivedWorkflows(ctx context.Context, req *workflowarchivepkg.ListArchivedWorkflowsRequest) (*wfv1.WorkflowList, error) {
+	listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{}
+	if req.ListOptions != nil {
+		listOptions = *req.ListOptions
+	}
 
-	options, err := sutils.BuildListOptions(*req.ListOptions, req.Namespace, req.NamePrefix, "")
+	options, err := sutils.BuildListOptions(listOptions, req.Namespace, req.NamePrefix, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/e2e/argo_server_test.go b/test/e2e/argo_server_test.go
index ff1a8e685649..abbd810a9580 100644
--- a/test/e2e/argo_server_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/argo_server_test.go
@@ -1374,6 +1374,17 @@ spec:
 		SubmitWorkflow().
 		WaitForWorkflow(fixtures.ToBeArchived)
 
+	s.Run("ListWithoutListOptions", func() {
+		s.e().GET("/api/v1/archived-workflows").
+			Expect().
+			Status(200).
+			JSON().
+			Path("$.items").
+			Array().
+			Length().
+			IsEqual(3)
+	})
+
 	for _, tt := range []struct {
 		name     string
 		selector string