diff --git a/src/plugins/profiling/server/routes/search_topNHosts.ts b/src/plugins/profiling/server/routes/search_topNHosts.ts
index 7c1a666f65d16..779a3d3d77b2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/profiling/server/routes/search_topNHosts.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/profiling/server/routes/search_topNHosts.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ export function registerTraceEventsTopNHostsSearchRoute(
   router: IRouter<DataRequestHandlerContext>
 ) {
   const paths = getRemoteRoutePaths();
-  return queryTopNCommon(router, paths.TopNHosts, 'HostName');
+  return queryTopNCommon(router, paths.TopNHosts, 'HostID');
 }