diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_summary.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_summary.ts
index be70275f0874d..491a3b20c8004 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_summary.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/dataset_quality/dataset_quality_summary.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: DatasetQualityFtrProvid
 
   describe('Dataset quality summary', () => {
     before(async () => {
+      await synthtrace.index(getInitialTestLogs({ to, count: 4 }));
       await PageObjects.datasetQuality.navigateTo();
     });
 
@@ -57,8 +58,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: DatasetQualityFtrProvid
     });
 
     it('shows poor, degraded and good count as 0 and all dataset as healthy', async () => {
-      await synthtrace.index(getInitialTestLogs({ to, count: 4 }));
-      await PageObjects.datasetQuality.refreshTable();
       const summary = await PageObjects.datasetQuality.parseSummaryPanel();
       expect(summary).to.eql({
         datasetHealthPoor: '0',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/dataset_quality.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/dataset_quality.ts
index d9b274e158536..dc580d2951c6a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/dataset_quality.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/page_objects/dataset_quality.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ export function DatasetQualityPageObject({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProv
 
     async refreshTable() {
       const filtersContainer = await testSubjects.find(
-        testSubjectSelectors.datasetQualityFiltersContainer
+        testSubjectSelectors.datasetQualityFiltersContainer,
+        20 * 1000
       );
       const refreshButton = await filtersContainer.findByTestSubject(
         testSubjectSelectors.superDatePickerApplyTimeButton