diff --git a/app/vmui/packages/vmui/src/api/query-range.ts b/app/vmui/packages/vmui/src/api/query-range.ts
index a422dab28..ab26a6404 100644
--- a/app/vmui/packages/vmui/src/api/query-range.ts
+++ b/app/vmui/packages/vmui/src/api/query-range.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ export const getQueryRangeUrl = (server: string, query: string, period: TimePara
   `${server}/api/v1/query_range?query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&start=${period.start}&end=${period.end}&step=${period.step}${nocache ? "&nocache=1" : ""}${queryTracing ? "&trace=1" : ""}`;
 
 export const getQueryUrl = (server: string, query: string, period: TimeParams, nocache: boolean, queryTracing: boolean): string =>
-  `${server}/api/v1/query?query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&time=${period.end}${nocache ? "&nocache=1" : ""}${queryTracing ? "&trace=1" : ""}`;
+  `${server}/api/v1/query?query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&time=${period.end}&step=${period.step}${nocache ? "&nocache=1" : ""}${queryTracing ? "&trace=1" : ""}`;
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index b3c3caba4..20e713147 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ The sandbox cluster installation is running under the constant load generated by
 * BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix a link for the statistic inaccuracy explanation in the cardinality explorer tool. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5460).
 * BUGFIX: all: fix potential panic during components shutdown when [metrics push](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#push-metrics) is configured. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5548). Thanks to @zhdd99 for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/5549).
 * BUGFIX: [vmselect](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html): properly determine time range search for instant queries with too big look-behind window like `foo[100y]`. Previously, such queries could return empty responses even if `foo` is present in database.
+* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): send `step` param for instant queries. The change reverts [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3896) due to reasons explained in [this comment](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3896#issuecomment-1896704401).
 
 
 ## [v1.96.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.96.0)