diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/error_correlations.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/error_correlations.tsx
index 4e8a8e3f5092..c3b5f52dd84b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/error_correlations.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/error_correlations.tsx
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ export function ErrorCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
     `apm.correlations.errors.fields:${serviceName}`,
     defaultFieldNames
   );
+  const hasFieldNames = fieldNames.length > 0;
 
   const { data, status } = useFetcher(
     (callApmApi) => {
-      if (start && end) {
+      if (start && end && hasFieldNames) {
         return callApmApi({
           endpoint: 'GET /api/apm/correlations/failed_transactions',
           params: {
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export function ErrorCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
       transactionName,
       transactionType,
       fieldNames,
+      hasFieldNames,
     ]
   );
 
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ export function ErrorCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
         </EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexItem>
           <ErrorTimeseriesChart
-            data={data}
+            data={hasFieldNames ? data : undefined}
             status={status}
             selectedSignificantTerm={selectedSignificantTerm}
           />
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ export function ErrorCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
               'xpack.apm.correlations.error.percentageColumnName',
               { defaultMessage: '% of failed transactions' }
             )}
-            significantTerms={data?.significantTerms}
+            significantTerms={hasFieldNames ? data?.significantTerms : []}
             status={status}
             setSelectedSignificantTerm={setSelectedSignificantTerm}
             onFilter={onClose}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx
index 76e9a9242efb..77571421ed00 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/latency_correlations.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
     `apm.correlations.latency.fields:${serviceName}`,
     defaultFieldNames
   );
+  const hasFieldNames = fieldNames.length > 0;
+
   const [
     durationPercentile,
     setDurationPercentile,
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
 
   const { data, status } = useFetcher(
     (callApmApi) => {
-      if (start && end) {
+      if (start && end && hasFieldNames) {
         return callApmApi({
           endpoint: 'GET /api/apm/correlations/slow_transactions',
           params: {
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
       transactionType,
       durationPercentile,
       fieldNames,
+      hasFieldNames,
     ]
   );
 
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
                 </h4>
               </EuiTitle>
               <LatencyDistributionChart
-                data={data}
+                data={hasFieldNames ? data : undefined}
                 status={status}
                 selectedSignificantTerm={selectedSignificantTerm}
               />
@@ -144,7 +147,7 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
               'xpack.apm.correlations.latency.percentageColumnName',
               { defaultMessage: '% of slow transactions' }
             )}
-            significantTerms={data?.significantTerms}
+            significantTerms={hasFieldNames ? data?.significantTerms : []}
             status={status}
             setSelectedSignificantTerm={setSelectedSignificantTerm}
             onFilter={onClose}