diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGauge.java b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGauge.java
index 84125e58c..3558baf76 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGauge.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGauge.java
@@ -37,17 +37,16 @@ public void calculateMetric(Run<?, ?> jenkinsObject, String[] labelValues) {
             return;
         }
 
+        int ordinal = -1;
         Result result = jenkinsObject.getResult();
-        if (result == null) {
-            return;
+        if (null != result) {
+            ordinal = result.ordinal;
         }
 
         if (labelValues == null) {
-            this.collector.labels().set(result.ordinal);
+            this.collector.labels().set(ordinal);
         } else {
-            this.collector.labels(labelValues).set(result.ordinal);
+            this.collector.labels(labelValues).set(ordinal);
         }
-
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGaugeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGaugeTest.java
index 4e1ad4fd6..cda351641 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGaugeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jenkinsci/plugins/prometheus/collectors/builds/BuildResultOrdinalGaugeTest.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class BuildResultOrdinalGaugeTest extends MockedRunCollectorTest {
 
 
     @Test
-    public void testNothingCalculatedAsRunNotYetOver() {
+    public void testResultIsMinusOneWhenRunResultIsNull() {
 
         Mockito.when(mock.getResult()).thenReturn(null);
 
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ public void testNothingCalculatedAsRunNotYetOver() {
         List<Collector.MetricFamilySamples> collect = sut.collect();
 
         Assertions.assertEquals(1, collect.size());
-        Assertions.assertEquals(0, collect.get(0).samples.size(), "Would expect no result");
+        Assertions.assertEquals(1, collect.get(0).samples.size(), "Would expect one result");
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals("default_jenkins_builds_build_result_ordinal", collect.get(0).samples.get(0).name);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(-1.0, collect.get(0).samples.get(0).value);
+
     }
 
     @Test