diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Marks/get_error_marks.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Marks/get_error_marks.ts
index 5d8c5bc9ec6cf..b85171308d745 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Marks/get_error_marks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionDetails/WaterfallWithSummmary/WaterfallContainer/Marks/get_error_marks.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const getErrorMarks = (
 
   return errorItems.map((error) => ({
     type: 'errorMark',
-    offset: error.offset + error.skew,
+    offset: Math.max(error.offset + error.skew, 0),
     verticalLine: false,
     id: error.doc.error.id,
     error: error.doc,