diff --git a/src/dns/cloudflare.js b/src/dns/cloudflare.js
index 7ec43ee95..286f7e719 100644
--- a/src/dns/cloudflare.js
+++ b/src/dns/cloudflare.js
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ async function getDnsRecords(domainConfig, zoneId, fqdn, type) {
     if (error) throw new BoxError(BoxError.NETWORK_ERROR, error.message);
     if (response.statusCode !== 200 || response.body.success !== true) throw translateRequestError(response);
 
-    return response.body.result;
+    const result = response.body.result;
+    if (!Array.isArray(result)) throw new BoxError(BoxError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, `result is not an array when getting records: ${response.statusCode} ${response.text}`);
+    return result;
 }
 
 async function upsert(domainObject, location, type, values) {