diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.js
index 03b2f5b898345..9f3561f39101d 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.js
@@ -285,6 +285,50 @@ function transformFilterStringToQueryObject(doc) {
   }
   return newDoc;
 }
+function transformSplitFiltersStringToQueryObject(doc) {
+  // Migrate split_filters in TSVB objects that weren't migrated in 7.3
+  // If any filters exist and they are a string, we assume them to be lucene syntax and transform the filter into an object accordingly
+  const newDoc = cloneDeep(doc);
+  const visStateJSON = get(doc, 'attributes.visState');
+  if (visStateJSON) {
+    let visState;
+    try {
+      visState = JSON.parse(visStateJSON);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // let it go, the data is invalid and we'll leave it as is
+    }
+    if (visState) {
+      const visType = get(visState, 'params.type');
+      const tsvbTypes = ['metric', 'markdown', 'top_n', 'gauge', 'table', 'timeseries'];
+      if (tsvbTypes.indexOf(visType) === -1) {
+        // skip
+        return doc;
+      }
+      // migrate the series split_filter filters
+      const series = get(visState, 'params.series') || [];
+      series.forEach(item => {
+        // series item split filters filter
+        if (item.split_filters) {
+          const splitFilters = get(item, 'split_filters') || [];
+          if (splitFilters.length > 0) {
+            // only transform split_filter filters if we have filters
+            splitFilters.forEach(filter => {
+              if (typeof filter.filter === 'string') {
+                const filterfilterObject = {
+                  query: filter.filter,
+                  language: 'lucene',
+                };
+                filter.filter = filterfilterObject;
+              }
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      newDoc.attributes.visState = JSON.stringify(visState);
+    }
+  }
+  return newDoc;
+}
 
 function migrateFiltersAggQuery(doc) {
   const visStateJSON = get(doc, 'attributes.visState');
@@ -435,6 +479,10 @@ const executeSearchMigrations740 = flow(
   migrateSearchSortToNestedArray,
 );
 
+const executeMigrations742 = flow(
+  transformSplitFiltersStringToQueryObject
+);
+
 export const migrations = {
   'index-pattern': {
     '6.5.0': doc => {
@@ -541,6 +589,8 @@ export const migrations = {
     '7.2.0': doc => executeMigrations720(doc),
     '7.3.0': executeMigrations730,
     '7.3.1': executeVisualizationMigrations731,
+    // migrate split_filters that were not migrated in 7.3.0 (transformFilterStringToQueryObject).
+    '7.4.2': executeMigrations742,
   },
   dashboard: {
     '7.0.0': doc => {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.test.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.test.js
index 77a4c7eabe86e..5368169d6dd6d 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.test.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/migrations/migrations.test.js
@@ -1180,6 +1180,123 @@ Array [
       expect(migratedDoc).toEqual({ attributes: { visState: JSON.stringify(expected) } });
     });
   });
+  describe('7.4.2 tsvb split_filters migration', () => {
+    const migrate = doc => migrations.visualization['7.4.2'](doc);
+    const generateDoc = ({ params }) => ({
+      attributes: {
+        title: 'My Vis',
+        description: 'This is my super cool vis.',
+        visState: JSON.stringify({ params }),
+        uiStateJSON: '{}',
+        version: 1,
+        kibanaSavedObjectMeta: {
+          searchSourceJSON: '{}',
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    it('should change series item filters from a string into an object for all filters', () => {
+      const params = {
+        type: 'timeseries',
+        filter: {
+          query: 'bytes:>1000',
+          language: 'lucene'
+        },
+        series: [
+          {
+            split_filters: [{ filter: 'bytes:>1000' }],
+          },
+        ]
+      };
+      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc({ params: params });
+      const migratedtimeSeriesDoc = migrate(timeSeriesDoc);
+      const timeSeriesParams = JSON.parse(migratedtimeSeriesDoc.attributes.visState).params;
+      expect(Object.keys(timeSeriesParams.filter)).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining(['query', 'language'])
+      );
+      expect(timeSeriesParams.series[0].split_filters[0].filter).toEqual(
+        { query: 'bytes:>1000', language: 'lucene' }
+      );
+    });
+    it('should change series item split filters when there is no filter item', () => {
+      const params = {
+        type: 'timeseries',
+        filter: {
+          query: 'bytes:>1000',
+          language: 'lucene'
+        },
+        series: [
+          {
+            split_filters: [{ filter: 'bytes:>1000' }],
+          },
+        ],
+        annotations: [
+          {
+            query_string: {
+              query: 'bytes:>1000',
+              language: 'lucene'
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+      };
+      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc({ params: params });
+      const migratedtimeSeriesDoc = migrate(timeSeriesDoc);
+      const timeSeriesParams = JSON.parse(migratedtimeSeriesDoc.attributes.visState).params;
+      expect(timeSeriesParams.series[0].split_filters[0].filter).toEqual(
+        { query: 'bytes:>1000', language: 'lucene' }
+      );
+    });
+    it('should not convert split_filters to objects if there are no split filter filters', () => {
+      const params = {
+        type: 'timeseries',
+        filter: {
+          query: 'bytes:>1000',
+          language: 'lucene'
+        },
+        series: [
+          {
+            split_filters: [],
+          },
+        ]
+      };
+      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc({ params: params });
+      const migratedtimeSeriesDoc = migrate(timeSeriesDoc);
+      const timeSeriesParams = JSON.parse(migratedtimeSeriesDoc.attributes.visState).params;
+      expect(timeSeriesParams.series[0].split_filters).not.toHaveProperty('query');
+    });
+    it('should do nothing if a split_filter is already a query:language object', () => {
+      const params = {
+        type: 'timeseries',
+        filter: {
+          query: 'bytes:>1000',
+          language: 'lucene'
+        },
+        series: [
+          {
+            split_filters: [{
+              filter: {
+                query: 'bytes:>1000',
+                language: 'lucene',
+              }
+            }],
+          },
+        ],
+        annotations: [
+          {
+            query_string: {
+              query: 'bytes:>1000',
+              language: 'lucene'
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+      };
+      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc({ params: params });
+      const migratedtimeSeriesDoc = migrate(timeSeriesDoc);
+      const timeSeriesParams = JSON.parse(migratedtimeSeriesDoc.attributes.visState).params;
+      expect(timeSeriesParams.series[0].split_filters[0].filter.query).toEqual('bytes:>1000');
+      expect(timeSeriesParams.series[0].split_filters[0].filter.language).toEqual('lucene');
+
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('dashboard', () => {