diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/components/custom_common/index_selection.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/components/custom_common/index_selection.tsx
index 6b6e850f3164e4..526c955f2c6d83 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/components/custom_common/index_selection.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/components/custom_common/index_selection.tsx
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ export function IndexSelection({ selectedDataView }: { selectedDataView?: DataVi
     });
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!currentDataViewId && currentIndexPattern && !isDataViewsLoading) {
-      const indPattern = getDataViewPattern({
-        byPatten: currentIndexPattern,
-        dataViewsList,
-        adHocDataViews,
-      });
-      setValue(DATA_VIEW_FIELD, indPattern);
+    const indPatternId = getDataViewPattern({
+      byPatten: currentIndexPattern,
+      dataViewsList,
+      adHocDataViews,
+    });
+    if (!currentDataViewId && currentIndexPattern && !isDataViewsLoading && indPatternId) {
+      setValue(DATA_VIEW_FIELD, indPatternId);
     }
   }, [
     adHocDataViews,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/slo_edit.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/slo_edit.test.tsx
index ed3290aff5954b..5f6916720902b0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/slo_edit.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/slo/public/pages/slo_edit/slo_edit.test.tsx
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ const mockKibana = (license: ILicense | null = licenseMock) => {
         create: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
           getIndexPattern: jest.fn().mockReturnValue('some-index'),
           getRuntimeMappings: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
+          id: 'some-data-view-id',
         }),
       },
       docLinks: {