diff --git a/changelog/62654.fixed b/changelog/62654.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67a265040ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/62654.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix saltcheck _get_top_states doesn't pass saltenv to state.show_top
diff --git a/salt/modules/saltcheck.py b/salt/modules/saltcheck.py
index e3b32f2916b..ac499558878 100644
--- a/salt/modules/saltcheck.py
+++ b/salt/modules/saltcheck.py
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ def _get_top_states(saltenv="base"):
     Equivalent to a salt cli: salt web state.show_top
     """
     top_states = []
-    top_states = __salt__["state.show_top"]()[saltenv]
+    top_states = __salt__["state.show_top"](saltenv=saltenv)[saltenv]
     log.debug("saltcheck for saltenv: %s found top states: %s", saltenv, top_states)
     return top_states
 
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_saltcheck.py b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_saltcheck.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b27cba98e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_saltcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import pytest
+
+import salt.modules.saltcheck as saltcheck
+from tests.support.mock import MagicMock
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def configure_loader_modules():
+    return {saltcheck: {"__salt__": {"state.show_top": MagicMock()}}}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("saltenv", ["base", "dev", "howdy"])
+def test__get_top_states_call_args(saltenv):
+    saltcheck._get_top_states(saltenv=saltenv)
+    saltcheck.__salt__["state.show_top"].assert_called_with(saltenv=saltenv)