diff --git a/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py b/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py
index 41b106ad64b..ab5cb58ba78 100644
--- a/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py
+++ b/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py
@@ -87,13 +87,14 @@ def paths_matching_checks_pattern(
         pattern, sql_path, project_id, ["checks.sql"], CHECKS_FILE_RE
     )
 
-    for checks_file in checks_files:
-        match = CHECKS_FILE_RE.match(str(checks_file))
-        if match:
-            project = match.group(1)
-            dataset = match.group(2)
-            table = match.group(3)
-        yield checks_file, project, dataset, table
+    if checks_files:
+        for checks_file in checks_files:
+            match = CHECKS_FILE_RE.match(str(checks_file))
+            if match:
+                project = match.group(1)
+                dataset = match.group(2)
+                table = match.group(3)
+            yield checks_file, project, dataset, table
     else:
         print(f"No checks.sql file found in {sql_path}/{project_id}/{pattern}")
 
diff --git a/sql/moz-fx-data-shared-prod/mozilla_org_derived/ga_sessions_v1/checks.sql b/sql/moz-fx-data-shared-prod/mozilla_org_derived/ga_sessions_v1/checks.sql
index 2267d81bbe6..e378472e0a9 100644
--- a/sql/moz-fx-data-shared-prod/mozilla_org_derived/ga_sessions_v1/checks.sql
+++ b/sql/moz-fx-data-shared-prod/mozilla_org_derived/ga_sessions_v1/checks.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #fail
 -- ga_session_id should be unique across all partitions
-{{ is_unique(["ga_session_id"]) }}
+{{ is_unique(["ga_session_id"], "session_date = @session_date") }}
 
 #fail
-{{ min_row_count(10000) }}
+{{ min_row_count(100, "session_date = @session_date") }}