diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts b/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts
index 167bc9cec8e03..1c3ddc63a8b10 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_types/timeseries/server/lib/search_strategies/strategies/abstract_search_strategy.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ export abstract class AbstractSearchStrategy {
   ) {
     const requests: any[] = [];
 
-    // User may abort the request without waiting for the results
-    // we need to handle this scenario by aborting underlying server requests
-    const abortSignal = getRequestAbortedSignal(req.events.aborted$);
     const searchContext = await requestContext.search;
 
     esRequests.forEach(({ body, index, trackingEsSearchMeta }) => {
+      // User may abort the request without waiting for the results
+      // we need to handle this scenario by aborting underlying server requests
+      const abortSignal = getRequestAbortedSignal(req.events.aborted$);
       const startTime = Date.now();
       requests.push(
         searchContext