diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/fetch_duration_histogram_range_steps.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/fetch_duration_histogram_range_steps.ts
index edceb5ca1dfb41..fa513ea9edcfdf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/fetch_duration_histogram_range_steps.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/apm/server/routes/correlations/queries/fetch_duration_histogram_range_steps.ts
@@ -47,10 +47,14 @@ export const fetchDurationHistogramRangeSteps = async ({
   const steps = 100;
 
   if (durationMinOverride && durationMaxOverride) {
+    // these values should never be 0, so if they are we set them to 1
+    const durationMin = Math.max(1, durationMinOverride);
+    const durationMax = Math.max(1, durationMaxOverride);
+
     return {
-      durationMin: durationMinOverride,
-      durationMax: durationMaxOverride,
-      rangeSteps: getHistogramRangeSteps(durationMinOverride, durationMaxOverride, steps),
+      durationMin,
+      durationMax,
+      rangeSteps: getHistogramRangeSteps(durationMin, durationMax, steps),
     };
   }
 
@@ -100,8 +104,9 @@ export const fetchDurationHistogramRangeSteps = async ({
     return { rangeSteps: [] };
   }
 
-  const durationMin = resp.aggregations.duration_min.value;
-  const durationMax = resp.aggregations.duration_max.value * 2;
+  // these values should never be 0, so if they are we set them to 1
+  const durationMin = Math.max(1, resp.aggregations.duration_min.value);
+  const durationMax = Math.max(1, resp.aggregations.duration_max.value * 2);
 
   return {
     durationMin,