diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_types/param_types/field.ts b/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_types/param_types/field.ts
index 0ca60267becec1..a0fa6ad6e3189b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_types/param_types/field.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/agg_types/param_types/field.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ export class FieldParamType extends BaseParamType {
     const filteredFields = fields.filter((field: Field) => {
       const { onlyAggregatable, scriptable, filterFieldTypes } = this;
 
-      if ((onlyAggregatable && !field.aggregatable) || (!scriptable && field.scripted)) {
+      if (
+        (onlyAggregatable && (!field.aggregatable || field.subType?.nested)) ||
+        (!scriptable && field.scripted)
+      ) {
         return false;
       }