diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/framework/adapter_types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/framework/adapter_types.ts
index 1bbf1b8d8ae8..65af9b5a7a3d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/framework/adapter_types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/framework/adapter_types.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ export interface InfraDatabaseSearchResponse<Hit = {}, Aggregations = undefined>
   };
   aggregations?: Aggregations;
   hits: {
-    total: number;
+    total: {
+      value: number;
+      relation: string;
+    };
     hits: Hit[];
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/lib/check_valid_node.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/lib/check_valid_node.ts
index c098704f1caa..88847acb2908 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/lib/check_valid_node.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/lib/check_valid_node.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export const checkValidNode = async (
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
   const params = {
     index: indexPattern,
-    rest_total_hits_as_int: true,
     terminateAfter: 1,
     body: {
       size: 0,
@@ -25,5 +24,7 @@ export const checkValidNode = async (
       },
     },
   };
-  return (await search(params)).hits.total > 0;
+
+  const result = await search(params);
+  return result && result.hits && result.hits.total && result.hits.total.value > 0;
 };