diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.test.tsx
index 1464e6411d497..54d455519329c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.test.tsx
@@ -174,10 +174,6 @@ describe('useFailedTransactionsCorrelations', () => {
         jest.advanceTimersByTime(50);
         await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0));
         jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
-        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0));
-        jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
-        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0));
-        jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
         await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0.05));
 
         expect(result.current.progress).toEqual({
@@ -185,6 +181,28 @@ describe('useFailedTransactionsCorrelations', () => {
           isRunning: true,
           loaded: 0.05,
         });
+        expect(result.current.response).toEqual({
+          ccsWarning: false,
+          fieldStats: undefined,
+          errorHistogram: undefined,
+          failedTransactionsCorrelations: undefined,
+          overallHistogram: [
+            {
+              doc_count: 1234,
+              key: 'the-key',
+            },
+          ],
+          percentileThresholdValue: 1.234,
+        });
+
+        jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
+        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0.1));
+
+        expect(result.current.progress).toEqual({
+          error: undefined,
+          isRunning: true,
+          loaded: 0.1,
+        });
         expect(result.current.response).toEqual({
           ccsWarning: false,
           fieldStats: undefined,
@@ -205,23 +223,23 @@ describe('useFailedTransactionsCorrelations', () => {
         });
 
         jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
-        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0.1));
+        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0.15));
 
         // field candidates are an implementation detail and
-        // will not be exposed, it will just set loaded to 0.1.
+        // will not be exposed, it will just set loaded to 0.15.
         expect(result.current.progress).toEqual({
           error: undefined,
           isRunning: true,
-          loaded: 0.1,
+          loaded: 0.15,
         });
 
         jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
-        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(1));
+        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(0.9));
 
         expect(result.current.progress).toEqual({
           error: undefined,
           isRunning: true,
-          loaded: 1,
+          loaded: 0.9,
         });
 
         expect(result.current.response).toEqual({
@@ -257,9 +275,7 @@ describe('useFailedTransactionsCorrelations', () => {
         });
 
         jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
-        await waitFor(() =>
-          expect(result.current.response.fieldStats).toBeDefined()
-        );
+        await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.progress.loaded).toBe(1));
 
         expect(result.current.progress).toEqual({
           error: undefined,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts
index 85246c07f5bb7..f9c365c539e0f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/correlations/use_failed_transactions_correlations.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ import { useFetchParams } from './use_fetch_params';
 
 // Overall progress is a float from 0 to 1.
 const LOADED_OVERALL_HISTOGRAM = 0.05;
-const LOADED_FIELD_CANDIDATES = LOADED_OVERALL_HISTOGRAM + 0.05;
+const LOADED_ERROR_HISTOGRAM = LOADED_OVERALL_HISTOGRAM + 0.05;
+const LOADED_FIELD_CANDIDATES = LOADED_ERROR_HISTOGRAM + 0.05;
 const LOADED_DONE = 1;
-const PROGRESS_STEP_P_VALUES = 0.9;
+const PROGRESS_STEP_P_VALUES = 0.9 - LOADED_FIELD_CANDIDATES;
 
 export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
   const fetchParams = useFetchParams();
@@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
         }
       );
 
+      if (abortCtrl.current.signal.aborted) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       const {
         overallHistogram,
         totalDocCount,
@@ -109,6 +114,16 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
         durationMax,
       } = overallHistogramResponse;
 
+      responseUpdate.overallHistogram = overallHistogram;
+      responseUpdate.totalDocCount = totalDocCount;
+      responseUpdate.percentileThresholdValue = percentileThresholdValue;
+
+      setResponse({
+        ...responseUpdate,
+        loaded: LOADED_OVERALL_HISTOGRAM,
+      });
+      setResponse.flush();
+
       const errorHistogramResponse = await callApmApi(
         'POST /internal/apm/latency/overall_distribution/transactions',
         {
@@ -132,20 +147,17 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
         }
       );
 
-      const { overallHistogram: errorHistogram } = errorHistogramResponse;
-
-      responseUpdate.errorHistogram = errorHistogram;
-      responseUpdate.overallHistogram = overallHistogram;
-      responseUpdate.totalDocCount = totalDocCount;
-      responseUpdate.percentileThresholdValue = percentileThresholdValue;
-
       if (abortCtrl.current.signal.aborted) {
         return;
       }
 
+      const { overallHistogram: errorHistogram } = errorHistogramResponse;
+
+      responseUpdate.errorHistogram = errorHistogram;
+
       setResponse({
         ...responseUpdate,
-        loaded: LOADED_OVERALL_HISTOGRAM,
+        loaded: LOADED_ERROR_HISTOGRAM,
       });
       setResponse.flush();
 
@@ -295,7 +307,7 @@ export function useFailedTransactionsCorrelations() {
   const progress = useMemo(
     () => ({
       error,
-      loaded,
+      loaded: Math.round(loaded * 100) / 100,
       isRunning,
     }),
     [error, loaded, isRunning]