Pagination count validation

So I'm simply trying to let the user know if search results are empty, but if they aren't then there might be a pagination. On the second page of pagination I get undefined $ticket variable. How should I fix this?

@if(!$ticket->count())
    <h1>No results were found, please make sure you typed the input correctly.</h1>
@else
//Show results
{!! $ticket->appends(Request::only('_token','search'))->render() !!}