diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx
index ec546b5c6280fc..0a2cb90fdd5daf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/TransactionActionMenu.test.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('TransactionActionMenu component', () => {
 
     expect(mock.core.application.navigateToApp).toHaveBeenCalledWith('logs', {
       path:
-        'link-to/logs?time=1545092070952&filter=trace.id:%228b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c%22%20OR%208b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c',
+        'link-to/logs?time=1545092070952&filter=trace.id:%228b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c%22%20OR%20%228b60bd32ecc6e1506735a8b6cfcf175c%22',
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts
index b2adc6cdac4a67..50325e0b9d6044 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/__test__/sections.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('Transaction action menu', () => {
               key: 'traceLogs',
               label: 'Trace logs',
               href:
-                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20123',
+                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20%22123%22',
               condition: true,
             },
           ],
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('Transaction action menu', () => {
               key: 'traceLogs',
               label: 'Trace logs',
               href:
-                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20123',
+                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20%22123%22',
               condition: true,
             },
           ],
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe('Transaction action menu', () => {
               key: 'traceLogs',
               label: 'Trace logs',
               href:
-                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20123',
+                'some-basepath/app/logs/link-to/logs?time=1580986800&filter=trace.id:%22123%22%20OR%20%22123%22',
               condition: true,
             },
           ],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts
index d3a9ade3925a12..5ca0285eb4eeb7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/shared/TransactionActionMenu/sections.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export const getSections = ({
         path: `/link-to/logs`,
         query: {
           time,
-          filter: `trace.id:"${transaction.trace.id}" OR ${transaction.trace.id}`,
+          filter: `trace.id:"${transaction.trace.id}" OR "${transaction.trace.id}"`,
         },
       }),
       condition: true,