diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts
index b86c6e7d4546e..824f9cc57982c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ export class DataRecognizer {
       savedObjects: [] as KibanaObjectResponse[],
     };
 
+    this.jobsForModelMemoryEstimation = moduleConfig.jobs;
+
     this.applyJobConfigOverrides(moduleConfig, jobOverrides, jobPrefix);
     this.applyDatafeedConfigOverrides(moduleConfig, datafeedOverrides, jobPrefix);
     this.updateDatafeedIndices(moduleConfig);