diff --git a/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager.go b/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager.go
index 0454ca093..9a8826a5d 100644
--- a/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager.go
+++ b/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (o *overrideManagerImpl) applyNamespacedOverrides(rawObj *unstructured.Unst
 func (o *overrideManagerImpl) getOverridersFromOverridePolicies(policies []GeneralOverridePolicy, resource *unstructured.Unstructured, cluster *clusterv1alpha1.Cluster) []policyOverriders {
 	resourceMatchingPolicies := make([]GeneralOverridePolicy, 0)
 	for _, policy := range policies {
-		if policy.GetOverrideSpec().ResourceSelectors == nil {
+		if len(policy.GetOverrideSpec().ResourceSelectors) == 0 {
 			resourceMatchingPolicies = append(resourceMatchingPolicies, policy)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager_test.go b/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager_test.go
index acdb89512..8d617fcfb 100644
--- a/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/overridemanager/overridemanager_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ func TestGetMatchingOverridePolicies(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
+	overridePolicy3 := &policyv1alpha1.OverridePolicy{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
+			Name:      "overridePolicy3",
+		},
+		Spec: policyv1alpha1.OverrideSpec{
+			ResourceSelectors: []policyv1alpha1.ResourceSelector{},
+			OverrideRules: []policyv1alpha1.RuleWithCluster{
+				{
+					TargetCluster: &policyv1alpha1.ClusterAffinity{
+						ClusterNames: []string{cluster1.Name, cluster2.Name},
+					},
+					Overriders: overriders3,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
 	oldOverridePolicy := &policyv1alpha1.ClusterOverridePolicy{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
@@ -155,6 +172,19 @@ func TestGetMatchingOverridePolicies(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "OverrideRules test 3",
+			policies: []GeneralOverridePolicy{overridePolicy3},
+			resource: deploymentObj,
+			cluster:  cluster2,
+			wantedOverriders: []policyOverriders{
+				{
+					name:       overridePolicy3.Name,
+					namespace:  overridePolicy3.Namespace,
+					overriders: overriders3,
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "TargetCluster and Overriders test",
 			policies: []GeneralOverridePolicy{oldOverridePolicy},