diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts
index 760827816db964..31e89ac42f3ea6 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
       it('should not show switch modal when switching to a data view while a saved search is open', async () => {
         await discover.selectTextBaseLang();
+        await header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+        await discover.waitUntilSearchingHasFinished();
         const testQuery = 'from logstash-* | limit 100 | drop @timestamp';
         await monacoEditor.setCodeEditorValue(testQuery);
         await testSubjects.click('querySubmitButton');
diff --git a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts
index 89edce106f64e7..c82882623b1779 100644
--- a/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test_serverless/functional/test_suites/common/discover/esql/_esql_view.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     defaultIndex: 'logstash-*',
   };
 
-  // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/194305
-  describe.skip('discover esql view', function () {
+  describe('discover esql view', function () {
     // see details: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/188816
     this.tags(['failsOnMKI']);
 
@@ -275,6 +274,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
       it('should not show switch modal when switching to a data view while a saved search is open', async () => {
         await PageObjects.discover.selectTextBaseLang();
+        await PageObjects.header.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
+        await PageObjects.discover.waitUntilSearchingHasFinished();
         const testQuery = 'from logstash-* | limit 100 | drop @timestamp';
         await monacoEditor.setCodeEditorValue(testQuery);
         await testSubjects.click('querySubmitButton');