diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
index d654fab427f19..e76e44476df03 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
@@ -213,25 +213,32 @@ export async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
     kibanaAssets.map((asset) => createSavedObjectKibanaAsset(asset))
   );
 
-  let allSuccessResults = [];
+  let allSuccessResults: SavedObjectsImportSuccess[] = [];
 
   if (toBeSavedObjects.length === 0) {
     return [];
   } else {
-    const { successResults: importSuccessResults = [], errors: importErrors = [] } =
-      await retryImportOnConflictError(() =>
-        savedObjectsImporter.import({
-          overwrite: true,
-          readStream: createListStream(toBeSavedObjects),
-          createNewCopies: false,
-        })
-      );
+    const {
+      successResults: importSuccessResults = [],
+      errors: importErrors = [],
+      success,
+    } = await retryImportOnConflictError(() =>
+      savedObjectsImporter.import({
+        overwrite: true,
+        readStream: createListStream(toBeSavedObjects),
+        createNewCopies: false,
+      })
+    );
+
+    if (success) {
+      allSuccessResults = importSuccessResults;
+    }
 
-    allSuccessResults = importSuccessResults;
     const [referenceErrors, otherErrors] = partition(
       importErrors,
       (e) => e?.error?.type === 'missing_references'
     );
+
     if (otherErrors?.length) {
       throw new Error(
         `Encountered ${
@@ -239,6 +246,7 @@ export async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
         } errors creating saved objects: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(otherErrors)}`
       );
     }
+
     /*
     A reference error here means that a saved object reference in the references
     array cannot be found. This is an error in the package its-self but not a fatal
@@ -253,20 +261,22 @@ export async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
         } reference errors creating saved objects: ${formatImportErrorsForLog(referenceErrors)}`
       );
 
-      const idsToResolve = new Set(referenceErrors.map(({ id }) => id));
-
-      const resolveSavedObjects = toBeSavedObjects.filter(({ id }) => idsToResolve.has(id));
-      const retries = referenceErrors.map(({ id, type }) => ({
-        id,
-        type,
-        ignoreMissingReferences: true,
-        replaceReferences: [],
-        overwrite: true,
-      }));
+      const retries = toBeSavedObjects.map(({ id, type }) => {
+        if (referenceErrors.find(({ id: idToSearch }) => idToSearch === id)) {
+          return {
+            id,
+            type,
+            ignoreMissingReferences: true,
+            replaceReferences: [],
+            overwrite: true,
+          };
+        }
+        return { id, type, overwrite: true, replaceReferences: [] };
+      });
 
       const { successResults: resolveSuccessResults = [], errors: resolveErrors = [] } =
         await savedObjectsImporter.resolveImportErrors({
-          readStream: createListStream(resolveSavedObjects),
+          readStream: createListStream(toBeSavedObjects),
           createNewCopies: false,
           retries,
         });
@@ -279,7 +289,7 @@ export async function installKibanaSavedObjects({
         );
       }
 
-      allSuccessResults = [...allSuccessResults, ...resolveSuccessResults];
+      allSuccessResults = allSuccessResults.concat(resolveSuccessResults);
     }
 
     return allSuccessResults;