diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts
index e27eab3bcee24..03b412c6fff15 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vis_type_metric/public/metric_vis_fn.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const createMetricVisFn = (): ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
   Arguments,
   Render<RenderValue>
 > => ({
-  name,
+  name: 'metricVis',
   type: 'render',
   inputTypes: ['kibana_datatable'],
   help: i18n.translate('visTypeMetric.function.help', {