diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/constants/monitor_defaults.ts b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/constants/monitor_defaults.ts
index 6b9cc7913019a8..adfa002e8e20a6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/constants/monitor_defaults.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/constants/monitor_defaults.ts
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ export const CUSTOM_LABEL = i18n.translate('xpack.synthetics.connectionProfile.c
   defaultMessage: 'Custom',
 });
 
+export const DEFAULT_THROTTLING_VALUE = { download: '5', upload: '3', latency: '20' };
+
 export const PROFILE_VALUES: ThrottlingConfig[] = [
   {
-    value: { download: '5', upload: '3', latency: '20' },
+    value: DEFAULT_THROTTLING_VALUE,
     id: PROFILE_VALUES_ENUM.DEFAULT,
     label: i18n.translate('xpack.synthetics.connectionProfile.default', {
       defaultMessage: 'Default',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/browser/formatters.ts b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/browser/formatters.ts
index 0132d8340cd0b3..734c9421f33683 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/browser/formatters.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/common/formatters/browser/formatters.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   objectToJsonFormatter,
   stringToJsonFormatter,
 } from '../formatting_utils';
+import { DEFAULT_THROTTLING_VALUE } from '../../constants/monitor_defaults';
 
 import { tlsFormatters } from '../tls/formatters';
 
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ export const throttlingFormatter: Formatter = (fields) => {
   const throttling = fields[ConfigKey.THROTTLING_CONFIG];
 
   return JSON.stringify({
-    download: Number(throttling.value.download),
-    upload: Number(throttling.value.upload),
-    latency: Number(throttling.value.latency),
+    download: Number(throttling?.value?.download || DEFAULT_THROTTLING_VALUE.download),
+    upload: Number(throttling?.value?.upload || DEFAULT_THROTTLING_VALUE.upload),
+    latency: Number(throttling?.value?.latency || DEFAULT_THROTTLING_VALUE),
   });
 };