diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_timelion/server/series_functions/es/lib/build_request.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_timelion/server/series_functions/es/lib/build_request.js
index 2149e44125be0..38618ccf66d6f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_timelion/server/series_functions/es/lib/build_request.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_timelion/server/series_functions/es/lib/build_request.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function buildRequest(config, tlConfig, scriptedFields, timeout)
 
   // Use the kibana filter bar filters
   if (config.kibana) {
-    bool.filter = _.get(tlConfig, 'request.payload.extended.es.filter');
+    bool.filter = _.get(tlConfig, 'request.body.extended.es.filter');
   }
 
   const aggs = {