diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/utils.js b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/utils.js
index 39b42525af459..c3ef5a972e942 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/utils.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/utils.js
@@ -191,19 +191,18 @@ export function generateAreaChartTooltipContent(
     '<tr class="tooltip-header"><td></td><td>Category</td><td>Value</td><td>% to total</td></tr>';
   d.series.forEach(series => {
     const key = getFormattedKey(series.key, true);
+    const isTotal = series.key === 'TOTAL';
     let trClass = '';
     if (series.highlight) {
       trClass = 'superset-legacy-chart-nvd3-tr-highlight';
-    } else if (series.key === 'TOTAL') {
+    } else if (isTotal) {
       trClass = 'superset-legacy-chart-nvd3-tr-total';
     }
     tooltip +=
       `<tr class="${trClass}" style="border-color: ${series.color}">` +
-      `<td style="color: ${series.color}">${
-        series.key === 'TOTAL' ? '' : '&#9724;'
-      }</td>` +
+      `<td style="color: ${series.color}">${isTotal ? '' : '&#9724;'}</td>` +
       `<td>${key}</td>` +
-      `<td>${valueFormatter(series?.point?.y)}</td>` +
+      `<td>${valueFormatter(isTotal ? total : series?.point?.y)}</td>` +
       `<td>${((100 * series.value) / total).toFixed(2)}%</td>` +
       '</tr>';
   });