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 e5e7b0c7e1738..b27beb25ecc34 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
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ 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: {
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export function ErrorCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
       transactionType,
       uiFilters,
       fieldNames,
+      hasFieldNames,
     ]
   );
 
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ export function ErrorCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
         </EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexItem>
           <ErrorTimeseriesChart
-            data={data}
+            data={hasFieldNames ? data : undefined}
             status={status}
             selectedSignificantTerm={selectedSignificantTerm}
           />
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ 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 dd77b7266a387..da3bd109d5dc6 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
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
     `apm.correlations.latency.fields:${serviceName}`,
     defaultFieldNames
   );
+  const hasFieldNames = fieldNames.length > 0;
+
   const [
     durationPercentile,
     setDurationPercentile,
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ 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: {
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
       uiFilters,
       durationPercentile,
       fieldNames,
+      hasFieldNames,
     ]
   );
 
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ export function LatencyCorrelations({ onClose }: Props) {
                 </h4>
               </EuiTitle>
               <LatencyDistributionChart
-                data={data}
+                data={hasFieldNames ? data : undefined}
                 status={status}
                 selectedSignificantTerm={selectedSignificantTerm}
               />
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ 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}