diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/addTooltipSupport.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/addTooltipSupport.ts
index 4d27d14166f..9779f9fe02d 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/addTooltipSupport.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/addTooltipSupport.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export const addTooltipSupport = ({
   }
 
   config.addHook('setLegend', (u) => {
-    if (!isToolTipOpen.current) {
+    if (!isToolTipOpen.current && !tooltipInterpolator) {
       setFocusedPointIdx(u.legend.idx!);
     }
     if (u.cursor.idxs != null) {