diff --git a/model/textparse/protobufparse.go b/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
index 637ae7b747..3795c28589 100644
--- a/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
+++ b/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ func (p *ProtobufParser) getMagicLabel() (bool, string, string) {
 	switch p.dec.GetType() {
 	case dto.MetricType_SUMMARY:
 		qq := p.dec.GetSummary().GetQuantile()
+		if p.fieldPos >= len(qq) {
+			p.fieldsDone = true
+			return false, "", ""
+		}
 		q := qq[p.fieldPos]
 		p.fieldsDone = p.fieldPos == len(qq)-1
 		return true, model.QuantileLabel, labels.FormatOpenMetricsFloat(q.GetQuantile())
diff --git a/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go b/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
index 3a4f4abdda..12e4b959a7 100644
--- a/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
+++ b/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
@@ -5911,6 +5911,32 @@ func generateValidMetricName(r *rand.Rand) string {
 	return generateString(r, validFirstRunes, validMetricNameRunes)
 }
 
+// TestProtobufParseSummaryNoQuantilesNoPanic is a regression test for a panic
+// when Next() is called without Series() on a summary with no quantiles.
+func TestProtobufParseSummaryNoQuantilesNoPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	buf := metricFamiliesToProtobuf(t, []string{`
+name: "no_quantile_summary"
+help: "A summary with no quantile entries."
+type: SUMMARY
+metric: <
+  summary: <
+    sample_count: 10
+    sample_sum: 1.5
+  >
+>
+`})
+
+	p := NewProtobufParser(buf.Bytes(), false, false, false, false, labels.NewSymbolTable())
+	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		for {
+			_, err := p.Next()
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) || err != nil {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func generateString(r *rand.Rand, firstRunes, restRunes []rune) string {
 	result := make([]rune, 1+r.Intn(20))
 	for i := range result {