diff --git a/CHANGES/+integrity-db-query.bugfix b/CHANGES/+integrity-db-query.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18cf8227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/+integrity-db-query.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed the Integrity API evaluating the entire repository's content query before filtering.
diff --git a/pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py b/pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py
index a9ed6a6c..8d580a2f 100644
--- a/pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py
+++ b/pulp_python/app/pypi/views.py
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ class ProvenanceView(PyPIMixin, ViewSet):
     def retrieve(self, request, path, package, version, filename):
         """Gets the provenance for a package."""
         repo_ver, content = self.get_rvc()
-        if content:
+        if content is not None:
             package_content = content.filter(
                 name_normalized=package, version=version, filename=filename
             ).first()