diff --git a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/index.js b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/index.js
index af0bdc97c6..e1ae71b621 100644
--- a/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/index.js
+++ b/ui/packages/consul-ui/app/components/topology-metrics/index.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default class TopologyMetrics extends Component {
     // TODO we can make the configurable even before we have a full solution for
     // multi-DC forwarding for Prometheus so providers that are global for all
     // DCs like an external managed APM can still load in all DCs.
-    if (this.env.var('CONSUL_DATACENTER_LOCAL') != this.args.dc) {
+    if (this.env.var('CONSUL_DATACENTER_LOCAL') != this.args.topology.get('Datacenter')) {
       this.noMetricsReason = 'Unable to fetch metrics for a remote datacenter';
     }
   }