diff --git a/superset/viz.py b/superset/viz.py
index b00a945ccc31a..456254bba3889 100644
--- a/superset/viz.py
+++ b/superset/viz.py
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
             sort_by = fd.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
             if sort_by:
                 sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-                if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+                if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                     d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not fd.get("order_desc", True))]
             elif d["metrics"]:
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             if self.form_data.get("order_desc"):
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))]
@@ -951,11 +951,10 @@ class TreemapViz(BaseViz):
 
     def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         d = super().query_obj()
-        metrics = self.form_data.get("metrics")
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             if self.form_data.get("order_desc"):
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))]
@@ -1637,11 +1636,10 @@ class NVD3TimeSeriesStackedViz(NVD3TimeSeriesViz):
 
     def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         d = super().query_obj()
-        metrics = self.form_data.get("metrics")
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             if self.form_data.get("order_desc"):
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))]
@@ -1729,7 +1727,7 @@ def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         sort_by = fd.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not fd.get("order_desc", True))]
         elif d["metrics"]:
@@ -2103,7 +2101,7 @@ def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             if self.form_data.get("order_desc"):
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))]
@@ -2190,7 +2188,7 @@ def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             if self.form_data.get("order_desc"):
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))]
@@ -2818,7 +2816,7 @@ def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             if self.form_data.get("order_desc"):
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))]
@@ -2881,11 +2879,10 @@ class RoseViz(NVD3TimeSeriesViz):
 
     def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         d = super().query_obj()
-        metrics = self.form_data.get("metrics")
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in d["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(d["metrics"]):
                 d["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             if self.form_data.get("order_desc"):
                 d["orderby"] = [(sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))]
@@ -2932,7 +2929,7 @@ def query_obj(self) -> QueryObjectDict:
         sort_by = self.form_data.get("timeseries_limit_metric")
         if sort_by:
             sort_by_label = utils.get_metric_name(sort_by)
-            if sort_by_label not in query_obj["metrics"]:
+            if sort_by_label not in utils.get_metric_names(query_obj["metrics"]):
                 query_obj["metrics"].append(sort_by)
             query_obj["orderby"] = [
                 (sort_by, not self.form_data.get("order_desc", True))