diff --git a/clients/ui/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelCatalog/modelCatalogTabs.cy.ts b/clients/ui/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelCatalog/modelCatalogTabs.cy.ts
index c0dbaf9d6d..ecf48018c1 100644
--- a/clients/ui/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelCatalog/modelCatalogTabs.cy.ts
+++ b/clients/ui/frontend/src/__tests__/cypress/cypress/tests/mocked/modelCatalog/modelCatalogTabs.cy.ts
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ describe('Model Catalog Details Tabs', () => {
         modelCatalog.findHardwareConfigurationTableHeaders().should('not.contain.text', 'ITL');
       });
 
-      it('should reset to default latency filter (TTFT P90) when filter is reset', () => {
+      it('should reset to applied values when changes were made in the dropdown', () => {
         modelCatalog.findModelCatalogDetailLink().first().click();
         modelCatalog.clickPerformanceInsightsTab();
 
@@ -391,24 +391,18 @@ describe('Model Catalog Details Tabs', () => {
           .should('contain.text', `E2E${NBSP}Latency Mean`);
         modelCatalog.findHardwareConfigurationTableHeaders().should('not.contain.text', 'TTFT');
 
-        // Open filter and reset - this should apply the default (TTFT P90), not clear completely
         modelCatalog.openLatencyFilter();
-        modelCatalog.clickResetFilter();
+        modelCatalog.selectLatencyMetric('TTFT');
+        modelCatalog.selectLatencyPercentile('P90');
 
-        // Close the dropdown by clicking outside
+        // Click reset - should restore to applied values (E2E Mean), not apply filter
+        modelCatalog.clickResetFilter();
         cy.get('body').click(0, 0);
 
-        // Default latency filter (TTFT P90) should be applied
-        // Only TTFT and TPS P90 columns should be visible
-        modelCatalog
-          .findHardwareConfigurationTableHeaders()
-          .should('contain.text', `TTFT${NBSP}Latency P90`);
         modelCatalog
           .findHardwareConfigurationTableHeaders()
-          .should('contain.text', `TPS${NBSP}P90`);
-        // E2E and ITL should NOT be visible (filter is applied, not cleared)
-        modelCatalog.findHardwareConfigurationTableHeaders().should('not.contain.text', 'E2E');
-        modelCatalog.findHardwareConfigurationTableHeaders().should('not.contain.text', 'ITL');
+          .should('contain.text', `E2E${NBSP}Latency Mean`);
+        modelCatalog.findHardwareConfigurationTableHeaders().should('not.contain.text', 'TTFT');
       });
 
       it('should keep non-latency columns visible when latency filter is applied', () => {
diff --git a/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/LatencyFilter.tsx b/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/LatencyFilter.tsx
index 1bd35d7f89..e186a36d4f 100644
--- a/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/LatencyFilter.tsx
+++ b/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/LatencyFilter.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ const LatencyFilter: React.FC = () => {
     return defaultFilterState;
   });
 
+  const appliedFilterStateRef = React.useRef<LatencyFilterState | null>(null);
+
   // Update local filter when active filter changes
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (currentActiveFilter) {
@@ -113,6 +115,23 @@ const LatencyFilter: React.FC = () => {
     }
   }, [currentActiveFilter]);
 
+  // Capture the applied filter state when menu opens
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (isOpen) {
+      // Capture the current filter state when menu opens
+      if (currentActiveFilter) {
+        appliedFilterStateRef.current = {
+          metric: currentActiveFilter.metric,
+          percentile: currentActiveFilter.percentile,
+          value: currentActiveFilter.value,
+        };
+      } else {
+        appliedFilterStateRef.current = defaultFilterState;
+      }
+      setLocalFilter(appliedFilterStateRef.current);
+    }
+  }, [isOpen, currentActiveFilter, defaultFilterState]);
+
   const { minValue, maxValue, isSliderDisabled } = React.useMemo((): SliderRange => {
     const filterKey = getLatencyFilterKey(localFilter.metric, localFilter.percentile);
 
@@ -173,21 +192,15 @@ const LatencyFilter: React.FC = () => {
   };
 
   const handleReset = () => {
-    // Reset to default latency filter (performance filters should reset to defaults, not clear)
-    // First clear any existing latency filter
-    if (currentActiveFilter) {
-      setFilterData(currentActiveFilter.fieldName, undefined);
+    // Reset to the filter state that was active when menu opened (not the original default)
+    if (appliedFilterStateRef.current) {
+      const resetState = appliedFilterStateRef.current;
+      setLocalFilter(resetState);
+      // Update the refs so the useEffect doesn't think metric/percentile changed
+      // This prevents the value from being reset to maxValue
+      prevMetricRef.current = resetState.metric;
+      prevPercentileRef.current = resetState.percentile;
     }
-
-    // Apply the default latency filter
-    const defaultFilterKey = getLatencyFilterKey(
-      defaultFilterState.metric,
-      defaultFilterState.percentile,
-    );
-    setFilterData(defaultFilterKey, defaultFilterState.value);
-
-    // Reset local filter to default
-    setLocalFilter(defaultFilterState);
   };
 
   const toggle = (toggleRef: React.Ref<MenuToggleElement>) => (
diff --git a/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/MaxRpsFilter.tsx b/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/MaxRpsFilter.tsx
index 3b4362eeb7..1947f20f2d 100644
--- a/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/MaxRpsFilter.tsx
+++ b/clients/ui/frontend/src/app/pages/modelCatalog/components/globalFilters/MaxRpsFilter.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
 import { ModelCatalogNumberFilterKey } from '~/concepts/modelCatalog/const';
 import { useCatalogNumberFilterState } from '~/app/pages/modelCatalog/utils/modelCatalogUtils';
 import { MAX_RPS_RANGE } from '~/app/pages/modelCatalog/utils/performanceMetricsUtils';
-import { ModelCatalogContext } from '~/app/context/modelCatalog/ModelCatalogContext';
 import SliderWithInput from './SliderWithInput';
 
 const filterKey = ModelCatalogNumberFilterKey.MAX_RPS;
@@ -18,13 +17,14 @@ const filterKey = ModelCatalogNumberFilterKey.MAX_RPS;
 const MaxRpsFilter: React.FC = () => {
   const { value: rpsFilterValue, setValue: setRpsFilterValue } =
     useCatalogNumberFilterState(filterKey);
-  const { getPerformanceFilterDefaultValue } = React.useContext(ModelCatalogContext);
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = React.useState(false);
 
   const { minValue, maxValue, isSliderDisabled } = MAX_RPS_RANGE;
 
   const [localValue, setLocalValue] = React.useState<number>(() => rpsFilterValue ?? maxValue);
 
+  const appliedValueRef = React.useRef<number | undefined>(undefined);
+
   const clampedValue = React.useMemo(
     () => Math.min(Math.max(localValue, minValue), maxValue),
     [localValue, minValue, maxValue],
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const MaxRpsFilter: React.FC = () => {
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (isOpen) {
+      appliedValueRef.current = rpsFilterValue;
       setLocalValue(rpsFilterValue ?? maxValue);
     }
   }, [isOpen, rpsFilterValue, maxValue]);
@@ -55,11 +56,7 @@ const MaxRpsFilter: React.FC = () => {
   };
 
   const handleReset = () => {
-    // Get default value from namedQueries, fallback to maxValue
-    const defaultValue = getPerformanceFilterDefaultValue(filterKey);
-    const value = typeof defaultValue === 'number' ? defaultValue : maxValue;
-    setRpsFilterValue(value);
-    setLocalValue(value);
+    setLocalValue(appliedValueRef.current ?? maxValue);
   };
 
   const toggle = (toggleRef: React.Ref<MenuToggleElement>) => (