diff --git a/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go b/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go
index 41f09f728b..8b51ba7943 100644
--- a/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go
+++ b/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/node_execution_manager.go
@@ -437,9 +437,12 @@ func (m *NodeExecutionManager) GetNodeExecutionData(
 		logger.Debugf(ctx, "failed to transform node execution model [%+v] when fetching data: %v", request.Id, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	signedInputsURLBlob, err := m.urlData.Get(ctx, nodeExecution.InputUri)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	signedInputsURLBlob := admin.UrlBlob{}
+	if nodeExecution.InputUri != "" {
+		signedInputsURLBlob, err = m.urlData.Get(ctx, nodeExecution.InputUri)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 	signedOutputsURLBlob := admin.UrlBlob{}
 	if nodeExecution.Closure.GetOutputUri() != "" {
diff --git a/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data.go b/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data.go
index 61d2360858..a227200559 100644
--- a/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data.go
+++ b/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 func ShouldFetchData(config *interfaces.RemoteDataConfig, urlBlob admin.UrlBlob) bool {
 	return config.Scheme == common.Local || config.Scheme == common.None || config.MaxSizeInBytes == 0 ||
-		urlBlob.Bytes < config.MaxSizeInBytes
+		(len(urlBlob.Url) > 0 && urlBlob.Bytes < config.MaxSizeInBytes)
 }
 
 func ShouldFetchOutputData(config *interfaces.RemoteDataConfig, urlBlob admin.UrlBlob, outputURI string) bool {
diff --git a/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data_test.go b/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data_test.go
index 3f1505f2f1..9525b1f1ee 100644
--- a/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data_test.go
+++ b/flyteadmin/pkg/manager/impl/util/data_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ func TestShouldFetchData(t *testing.T) {
 			Scheme:         common.Local,
 			MaxSizeInBytes: 100,
 		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
 			Bytes: 200,
 		}))
 	})
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ func TestShouldFetchData(t *testing.T) {
 			Scheme:         common.None,
 			MaxSizeInBytes: 100,
 		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
 			Bytes: 200,
 		}))
 	})
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ func TestShouldFetchData(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(t, ShouldFetchData(&interfaces.RemoteDataConfig{
 			Scheme: common.None,
 		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
 			Bytes: 200,
 		}))
 	})
@@ -38,10 +41,20 @@ func TestShouldFetchData(t *testing.T) {
 			Scheme:         common.AWS,
 			MaxSizeInBytes: 1000,
 		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
 			Bytes: 200,
 		}))
 	})
 	t.Run("max size over limit", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.False(t, ShouldFetchData(&interfaces.RemoteDataConfig{
+			Scheme:         common.AWS,
+			MaxSizeInBytes: 100,
+		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
+			Bytes: 200,
+		}))
+	})
+	t.Run("empty url config", func(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, ShouldFetchData(&interfaces.RemoteDataConfig{
 			Scheme:         common.AWS,
 			MaxSizeInBytes: 100,
@@ -57,6 +70,7 @@ func TestShouldFetchOutputData(t *testing.T) {
 			Scheme:         common.Local,
 			MaxSizeInBytes: 100,
 		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
 			Bytes: 200,
 		}, "s3://foo/bar.txt"))
 	})
@@ -65,6 +79,7 @@ func TestShouldFetchOutputData(t *testing.T) {
 			Scheme:         common.AWS,
 			MaxSizeInBytes: 1000,
 		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
 			Bytes: 200,
 		}, "s3://foo/bar.txt"))
 	})
@@ -73,6 +88,7 @@ func TestShouldFetchOutputData(t *testing.T) {
 			Scheme:         common.AWS,
 			MaxSizeInBytes: 1000,
 		}, admin.UrlBlob{
+			Url:   "s3://data",
 			Bytes: 200,
 		}, ""))
 	})