diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_documents.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_documents.tsx
index f0cda46ea5e1a..e20c4dd83f9f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_documents.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_documents.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function DiscoverDocumentsComponent({
   setExpandedDoc: (doc?: DataTableRecord) => void;
   state: AppState;
   stateContainer: GetStateReturn;
-  onFieldEdited: () => void;
+  onFieldEdited?: () => void;
 }) {
   const { capabilities, indexPatterns, uiSettings } = useDiscoverServices();
   const useNewFieldsApi = useMemo(() => !uiSettings.get(SEARCH_FIELDS_FROM_SOURCE), [uiSettings]);
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx
index 6d321778460e3..6b8a386aea68c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/components/layout/discover_layout.tsx
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ export function DiscoverLayout({
                       setExpandedDoc={setExpandedDoc}
                       state={state}
                       stateContainer={stateContainer}
-                      onFieldEdited={onFieldEdited}
+                      onFieldEdited={!isPlainRecord ? onFieldEdited : undefined}
                     />
                   ) : (
                     <FieldStatisticsTableMemoized