diff --git a/api/models/service.go b/api/models/service.go
index 11d5106d5..586c31776 100644
--- a/api/models/service.go
+++ b/api/models/service.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func NewService(model *Model, version *Version, modelOpt *ModelOption, endpoint
 		AutoscalingPolicy:           endpoint.AutoscalingPolicy,
 		Protocol:                    endpoint.Protocol,
 		CurrentIsvcName:             endpoint.InferenceServiceName,
-		EnabledModelObservability:   endpoint.EnableModelObservability,
+		EnabledModelObservability:   endpoint.IsModelMonitoringEnabled(),
 		ModelSchema:                 version.ModelSchema,
 		PredictorUPIOverHTTPEnabled: predictorUPIOverHTTPEnabled(endpoint.Transformer, endpoint.Protocol),
 	}
diff --git a/python/sdk/merlin/fluent.py b/python/sdk/merlin/fluent.py
index e71d00c22..910d6fa46 100644
--- a/python/sdk/merlin/fluent.py
+++ b/python/sdk/merlin/fluent.py
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ def deploy(
             autoscaling_policy,
             protocol,
             enable_model_observability,
+            model_observability
         )
 
     return _merlin_client.deploy(  # type: ignore
@@ -432,6 +433,7 @@ def deploy(
         autoscaling_policy,
         protocol,
         enable_model_observability,
+        model_observability
     )