diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts
index b2adc6cdac4a6..50325e0b9d604 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('Transaction action menu', () => {
               key: 'traceLogs',
               label: 'Trace logs',
               href:
-                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20123',
+                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20%22123%22',
               condition: true,
             },
           ],
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('Transaction action menu', () => {
               key: 'traceLogs',
               label: 'Trace logs',
               href:
-                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20123',
+                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20%22123%22',
               condition: true,
             },
           ],
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe('Transaction action menu', () => {
               key: 'traceLogs',
               label: 'Trace logs',
               href:
-                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20123',
+                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20%22123%22',
               condition: true,
             },
           ],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts
index 7f99939a0a0d0..90112d1892c0d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export const getSections = ({
         path: `/link-to/logs`,
         query: {
           time,
-          filter: `trace.id:"${transaction.trace.id}" OR ${transaction.trace.id}`,
+          filter: `trace.id:"${transaction.trace.id}" OR "${transaction.trace.id}"`,
         },
       }),
       condition: true,