diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java
index a740a73..bbcbc91 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/DeviceViewMessageHandler.java
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@
 
     // handler for device table requests
     private final class DataRequestHandler extends TableRequestHandler {
+        private static final String NO_ROWS_MESSAGE = "No devices found";
+
         private DataRequestHandler() {
             super(DEV_DATA_REQ, DEV_DATA_RESP, DEVICES);
         }
@@ -137,6 +139,11 @@
         }
 
         @Override
+        protected String noRowsMessage() {
+            return NO_ROWS_MESSAGE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
         protected void populateTable(TableModel tm, ObjectNode payload) {
             DeviceService ds = get(DeviceService.class);
             MastershipService ms = get(MastershipService.class);