diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.test.ts
index 314c175d24fbe..32f6ecf38ab8f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.test.ts
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ describe('metric visualization', () => {
 
   it('implements custom display options', () => {
     expect(visualization.getDisplayOptions!()).toEqual({
-      noPanelTitle: true,
+      noPanelTitle: false,
       noPadding: true,
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx
index 380c63975a977..8bc4b61e446be 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ export const getMetricVisualization = ({
 
   getDisplayOptions() {
     return {
-      noPanelTitle: true,
+      noPanelTitle: false,
       noPadding: true,
     };
   },