diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.test.ts
index 78d169e8529c5..9d0c63a8dc7aa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.test.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ describe('esaggs expression function - public', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('calls agg.postFlightRequest if it exiests', async () => {
+  test('calls agg.postFlightRequest if it exiests and agg is enabled', async () => {
+    mockParams.aggs.aggs[0].enabled = true;
     await handleRequest(mockParams);
     expect(mockParams.aggs.aggs[0].type.postFlightRequest).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
 
@@ -160,6 +161,12 @@ describe('esaggs expression function - public', () => {
     expect(async () => await handleRequest(mockParams)).not.toThrowError();
   });
 
+  test('should skip agg.postFlightRequest call if the agg is disabled', async () => {
+    mockParams.aggs.aggs[0].enabled = false;
+    await handleRequest(mockParams);
+    expect(mockParams.aggs.aggs[0].type.postFlightRequest).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+  });
+
   test('tabifies response data', async () => {
     await handleRequest(mockParams);
     expect(tabifyAggResponse).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.ts
index e4385526ee6e8..b773aad67c3f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/expressions/esaggs/request_handler.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export const handleRequest = async ({
   // response data incorrectly in the inspector.
   let response = (searchSource as any).rawResponse;
   for (const agg of aggs.aggs) {
-    if (typeof agg.type.postFlightRequest === 'function') {
+    if (agg.enabled && typeof agg.type.postFlightRequest === 'function') {
       response = await agg.type.postFlightRequest(
         response,
         aggs,