diff --git a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js
index e9ae79be0ffe8..08bd6b819ab88 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_vertical_bar_chart.js
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
       });
     });
 
-    // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/45105
-    describe.skip('vertical bar with multiple splits', function () {
+    describe('vertical bar with multiple splits', function () {
       before(initBarChart);
 
       it('should show correct series', async function () {
@@ -305,6 +304,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
       });
 
       it('should show correct series when disabling first agg', async function () {
+        // this will avoid issues with the play tooltip covering the disable agg button
+        await PageObjects.visualize.scrollSubjectIntoView('metricsAggGroup');
         await PageObjects.visualize.toggleDisabledAgg(3);
         await PageObjects.visualize.clickGo();
 
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
index 6d403ce2dd4a6..e40ce93dd5401 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/visualize_page.js
@@ -1259,6 +1259,11 @@ export function VisualizePageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects, updateBaseli
       const inputMax = await control.findByCssSelector('[name$="maxValue"]');
       await inputMax.type(max);
     }
+
+    async scrollSubjectIntoView(subject) {
+      const element = await testSubjects.find(subject);
+      await element.scrollIntoViewIfNecessary();
+    }
   }
 
   return new VisualizePage();