diff --git a/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py b/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py
index a8445b53b24748e74bc4c3d88b68940b3215f74a..6f9c0e7196f1bca283fc61c82cb0c4192a1f7416 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/jsonresult.py
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class JSONResult(Result):
                 hasattr(job.args, 'json_output')):
             return
 
+        if not result.tests_total:
+            return
+
         content = self._render(result)
         if getattr(job.args, 'json_job_result', 'off') == 'on':
             json_path = os.path.join(job.logdir, 'results.json')
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/xunit.py b/avocado/plugins/xunit.py
index 0f88605482aa7cf7a450bf91c226e6632afe167b..077e223836490a95245e81f225425041d8a3133f 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/xunit.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/xunit.py
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ class XUnitResult(Result):
                 hasattr(job.args, 'xunit_output')):
             return
 
+        if not result.tests_total:
+            return
+
         content = self._render(result)
         if getattr(job.args, 'xunit_job_result', 'off') == 'on':
             xunit_path = os.path.join(job.logdir, 'results.xml')
diff --git a/selftests/functional/test_output.py b/selftests/functional/test_output.py
index bf825ecb0f77271cfdefa50f6c51bd853d4f7738..1af72049729daa0e904ccc9ced2bd0f73c1012d2 100644
--- a/selftests/functional/test_output.py
+++ b/selftests/functional/test_output.py
@@ -459,6 +459,22 @@ class OutputPluginTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("not found", result.stderr)
         self.assertNotIn("Avocado crashed", result.stderr)
 
+    def test_results_plugins_no_tests(self):
+        os.chdir(basedir)
+        cmd_line = ("%s run UNEXISTING --job-results-dir %s"
+                    % (AVOCADO, self.tmpdir))
+        exit_code = process.system(cmd_line, ignore_status=True)
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, exit_codes.AVOCADO_JOB_FAIL)
+
+        xunit_results = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'latest', 'results.xml')
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(xunit_results))
+
+        json_results = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'latest', 'results.json')
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(json_results))
+
+        tap_results = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'latest', 'results.tap')
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(tap_results))
+
     def tearDown(self):
         shutil.rmtree(self.tmpdir)