diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/workplace_search/components/layout/account_header/account_header.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/workplace_search/components/layout/account_header/account_header.tsx
index b1e190edade2b1..1e6e8ec6c5e498 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/workplace_search/components/layout/account_header/account_header.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/workplace_search/components/layout/account_header/account_header.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export const AccountHeader: React.FC = () => {
       <EuiButtonEmptyTo to={PERSONAL_SETTINGS_PATH}>{ACCOUNT_NAV.SETTINGS}</EuiButtonEmptyTo>
     </EuiContextMenuItem>,
     <EuiContextMenuItem key="logout">
-      <EuiButtonEmpty href={LOGOUT_ROUTE}>{ACCOUNT_NAV.LOGOUT}</EuiButtonEmpty>
+      <EuiButtonEmptyTo to={LOGOUT_ROUTE} shouldNotCreateHref>
+        {ACCOUNT_NAV.LOGOUT}
+      </EuiButtonEmptyTo>
     </EuiContextMenuItem>,
   ];