diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx
index a7c7c5ef473d..92e7b955737d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/canvas/top_nav.tsx
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export const TopNav = ({ opts }: TopNavProps) => {
       showSaveQuery
       useDefaultBehaviors
       setMenuMountPoint={opts.setHeaderActionMenu}
-      indexPatterns={indexPatterns}
+      indexPatterns={indexPattern ? [indexPattern] : indexPatterns}
     />
   );
 };