diff --git a/ee/app/helpers/audit_events_helper.rb b/ee/app/helpers/audit_events_helper.rb
index 02ee2ab41690757465b931141256c179b362daa7..9003f5190fb3b7ce42b1b7391d86e34c927b0a20 100644
--- a/ee/app/helpers/audit_events_helper.rb
+++ b/ee/app/helpers/audit_events_helper.rb
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def audit_log_app_data(is_last_page, events, audit_event_definitions)
       data.merge!({
         empty_state_svg_path: image_path('illustrations/cloud.svg'),
         group_path: 'instance',
-        show_streams: 'true',
+        show_streams: License.feature_available?(:external_audit_events).to_s,
         audit_event_definitions: audit_event_definitions.to_json
       })
     end
diff --git a/ee/spec/helpers/audit_events_helper_spec.rb b/ee/spec/helpers/audit_events_helper_spec.rb
index 35f7d3a59da8036b8dd8435e797e7405c9bafb6a..dad6388e1c0f7ead746bae52fc8e91a4826a41c1 100644
--- a/ee/spec/helpers/audit_events_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/helpers/audit_events_helper_spec.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ def setup_permission(model, permission, current_user, has_permission)
     end
 
     it 'returns the correct data' do
+      stub_licensed_features(external_audit_events: true)
       expect(helper.audit_log_app_data(true, events, audit_event_definitions)).to contain_exactly(
         [:form_path, "/admin/audit_logs"],
         [:events, events.to_json],