diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderTaskExecutor.java b/modules/ingest-geoip/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderTaskExecutor.java
index 38cda5ed27ec1..e0fd9f54ec419 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderTaskExecutor.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderTaskExecutor.java
@@ -238,14 +238,11 @@ public void clusterChanged(ClusterChangedEvent event) {
     }
 
     static boolean hasAtLeastOneGeoipProcessor(ClusterState clusterState) {
-        if (pipelineConfigurationsWithGeoIpProcessor(clusterState, true).isEmpty() == false) {
+        if (pipelinesWithGeoIpProcessor(clusterState, true).isEmpty() == false) {
             return true;
         }
 
-        Set<String> checkReferencedPipelines = pipelineConfigurationsWithGeoIpProcessor(clusterState, false).stream()
-            .map(PipelineConfiguration::getId)
-            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
-
+        final Set<String> checkReferencedPipelines = pipelinesWithGeoIpProcessor(clusterState, false);
         if (checkReferencedPipelines.isEmpty()) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -258,22 +255,19 @@ static boolean hasAtLeastOneGeoipProcessor(ClusterState clusterState) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Retrieve list of pipelines that have at least one geoip processor.
+     * Retrieve the set of pipeline ids that have at least one geoip processor.
      * @param clusterState Cluster state.
      * @param downloadDatabaseOnPipelineCreation Filter the list to include only pipeline with the download_database_on_pipeline_creation
      *                                           matching the param.
-     * @return A list of {@link PipelineConfiguration} matching criteria.
+     * @return A set of pipeline ids matching criteria.
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private static List<PipelineConfiguration> pipelineConfigurationsWithGeoIpProcessor(
-        ClusterState clusterState,
-        boolean downloadDatabaseOnPipelineCreation
-    ) {
-        List<PipelineConfiguration> pipelineDefinitions = IngestService.getPipelines(clusterState);
-        return pipelineDefinitions.stream().filter(pipelineConfig -> {
-            List<Map<String, Object>> processors = (List<Map<String, Object>>) pipelineConfig.getConfigAsMap().get(Pipeline.PROCESSORS_KEY);
+    private static Set<String> pipelinesWithGeoIpProcessor(ClusterState clusterState, boolean downloadDatabaseOnPipelineCreation) {
+        List<PipelineConfiguration> configurations = IngestService.getPipelines(clusterState);
+        return configurations.stream().filter(configuration -> {
+            List<Map<String, Object>> processors = (List<Map<String, Object>>) configuration.getConfigAsMap().get(Pipeline.PROCESSORS_KEY);
             return hasAtLeastOneGeoipProcessor(processors, downloadDatabaseOnPipelineCreation);
-        }).toList();
+        }).map(PipelineConfiguration::getId).collect(Collectors.toSet());
     }
 
     /**