diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/field_chooser.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/field_chooser.js
index b78f6d21ca41..519644d2f959 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/field_chooser.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/components/field_chooser/field_chooser.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 define(function (require) {
   var app = require('ui/modules').get('apps/discover');
 
-  var $ = require('jquery');
 
   require('ui/directives/css_truncate');
   require('ui/directives/field_name');
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ define(function (require) {
 
   app.directive('discFieldChooser', function ($location, globalState, config, $route, Private) {
     var _ = require('lodash');
+    var $ = require('jquery');
     var rison = require('ui/utils/rison');
     var fieldCalculator = require('plugins/kibana/discover/components/field_chooser/lib/field_calculator');
     var FieldList = Private(require('ui/index_patterns/_field_list'));
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ define(function (require) {
             };
           }
 
-          return '#/visualize/create?' + $.param({
+          return '#/visualize/create?' + $.param(_.assign($location.search(), {
             indexPattern: $scope.state.index,
             type: type,
             _a: rison.encode({
@@ -203,9 +203,8 @@ define(function (require) {
                   {schema: 'metric', type: 'count', 'id': '2'}
                 ]
               }
-            }),
-            _g: $location.search()._g
-          });
+            })
+          }));
         };
 
         $scope.details = function (field, recompute) {