diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
index 356e2d08bd..4492e5c6cb 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         connection = connections[using]
         self.style = no_style()
 
+        if not len(fixture_labels):
+            self.stderr.write(
+                self.style.ERROR("No database fixture specified. Please provide the path of at least one fixture in the command line.\n")
+            )
+            return
+
         verbosity = int(options.get('verbosity'))
         show_traceback = options.get('traceback')
 
@@ -245,17 +251,13 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             transaction.commit(using=using)
             transaction.leave_transaction_management(using=using)
 
-        if fixture_object_count == 0:
-            if verbosity >= 1:
-                self.stdout.write("No fixtures found.\n")
-        else:
-            if verbosity >= 1:
-                if fixture_object_count == loaded_object_count:
-                    self.stdout.write("Installed %d object(s) from %d fixture(s)\n" % (
-                        loaded_object_count, fixture_count))
-                else:
-                    self.stdout.write("Installed %d object(s) (of %d) from %d fixture(s)\n" % (
-                        loaded_object_count, fixture_object_count, fixture_count))
+        if verbosity >= 1:
+            if fixture_object_count == loaded_object_count:
+                self.stdout.write("Installed %d object(s) from %d fixture(s)\n" % (
+                    loaded_object_count, fixture_count))
+            else:
+                self.stdout.write("Installed %d object(s) (of %d) from %d fixture(s)\n" % (
+                    loaded_object_count, fixture_object_count, fixture_count))
 
         # Close the DB connection. This is required as a workaround for an
         # edge case in MySQL: if the same connection is used to
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/tests.py
index 5c448e67b1..26e436b3c5 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/fixtures_regress/tests.py
@@ -390,6 +390,21 @@ class TestFixtures(TestCase):
             stderr.getvalue().startswith('Problem installing fixture')
         )
 
+    def test_loaddata_no_fixture_specified(self):
+        """
+        Regression for #7043 - Error is quickly reported when no fixtures is provided in the command line.
+        """
+        stderr = StringIO()
+        management.call_command(
+            'loaddata',
+            verbosity=0,
+            commit=False,
+            stderr=stderr,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            stderr.getvalue(), 'No database fixture specified. Please provide the path of at least one fixture in the command line.\n'
+        )
+
 
 class NaturalKeyFixtureTests(TestCase):