diff --git a/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.test.ts b/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.test.ts
index 47c113fed6c88..947d9eecd8fd0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.test.ts
@@ -82,14 +82,29 @@ describe('ElasticsearchBlobStorageClient', () => {
     const index = 'someplace';
 
     const blobStoreClient = createBlobStoreClient(index);
-    const downloadAccquireSpy = jest.spyOn(downloadSemaphore, 'acquire');
+    const downloadAcquireSpy = jest.spyOn(downloadSemaphore, 'acquire');
 
     const downloadsToQueueCount = 4;
+    const documentsChunkCount = 2;
+
+    const createDownloadContent = (documentId: number, chunkId: number) => {
+      return Buffer.concat([
+        Buffer.from(`download content ${documentId}.${chunkId}`, 'utf8'),
+        Buffer.alloc(10 * 1028, `chunk ${chunkId}`),
+      ]);
+    };
+
+    const downloadContentMap = Array.from(new Array(downloadsToQueueCount)).map(
+      (_, documentIdx) => ({
+        fileContent: Array.from(new Array(documentsChunkCount)).map((__, chunkIdx) =>
+          createDownloadContent(documentIdx, chunkIdx)
+        ),
+      })
+    );
 
-    const createDownloadContent = (headChunkId: string) =>
-      Buffer.from(`download content ${headChunkId}`, 'utf8');
+    esClient.get.mockImplementation(({ id: headChunkId }) => {
+      const [documentId, chunkId] = headChunkId.split(/\./);
 
-    esClient.get.mockImplementation(({ id }) => {
       return new Promise(function (resolve) {
         setTimeout(
           () =>
@@ -98,7 +113,7 @@ describe('ElasticsearchBlobStorageClient', () => {
                 encode({
                   found: true,
                   _source: {
-                    data: createDownloadContent(id),
+                    data: downloadContentMap[Number(documentId)].fileContent[Number(chunkId)],
                   },
                 }),
               ]) as unknown as GetResponse
@@ -108,31 +123,49 @@ describe('ElasticsearchBlobStorageClient', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    const [p1, p2, ...rest] = Array.from(new Array(downloadsToQueueCount)).map((_, idx) =>
-      blobStoreClient.download({ id: String(idx), size: 1 }).then(async (stream) => {
-        const chunks = [];
+    const getDownloadStreamContent = async (stream: Readable) => {
+      const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
 
-        for await (const chunk of stream) {
-          chunks.push(chunk);
-        }
+      for await (const chunk of stream) {
+        chunks.push(chunk);
+      }
 
-        return Buffer.from(chunks).toString();
-      })
-    );
+      /**
+       * we are guaranteed that the chunks for the complete document
+       * will equal the document chunk count specified within this test suite.
+       * See {@link ContentStream#isRead}
+       */
+      expect(chunks.length).toBe(documentsChunkCount);
+
+      return Buffer.concat(chunks).toString();
+    };
+
+    const [p1, p2, ...rest] = downloadContentMap.map(({ fileContent }, idx) => {
+      // expected document size will be our returned mock file content
+      // will be the sum of the lengths of chunks the entire document is split into
+      const documentSize = fileContent.reduce((total, chunk) => total + chunk.length, 0);
+
+      return blobStoreClient.download({
+        id: String(idx),
+        size: documentSize,
+      });
+    });
 
     await setImmediate();
-    expect(downloadAccquireSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(downloadsToQueueCount);
+    expect(downloadAcquireSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(downloadsToQueueCount);
 
-    expect(esClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    const p1DownloadContent = await p1;
-    expect(p1DownloadContent).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('download content 0'));
+    const p1DownloadStream = await p1;
+    const p1DownloadContent = await getDownloadStreamContent(p1DownloadStream);
+    expect(esClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1 * documentsChunkCount);
+    expect(p1DownloadContent).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/^download\scontent\s0.*/));
 
-    expect(esClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    const p2DownloadContent = await p2;
-    expect(p2DownloadContent).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('download content 1'));
+    const p2DownloadStream = await p2;
+    const p2DownloadContent = await getDownloadStreamContent(p2DownloadStream);
+    expect(esClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2 * documentsChunkCount);
+    expect(p2DownloadContent).toEqual(expect.stringMatching(/^download\scontent\s1.*/));
 
-    await Promise.all(rest);
-    expect(esClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(downloadsToQueueCount);
+    await Promise.all(rest.map((dp) => dp.then((ds) => getDownloadStreamContent(ds))));
+    expect(esClient.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(downloadsToQueueCount * documentsChunkCount);
   });
 
   describe('.createIndexIfNotExists()', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.ts b/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.ts
index a3643eb9ee767..5650d9ae29684 100644
--- a/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/files/server/blob_storage_service/adapters/es/es.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { Semaphore } from '@kbn/std';
 import { Readable, Transform } from 'stream';
 import { pipeline } from 'stream/promises';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
-import { lastValueFrom, defer } from 'rxjs';
+import { lastValueFrom, defer, firstValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import { PerformanceMetricEvent, reportPerformanceMetricEvent } from '@kbn/ebt-tools';
 import { memoize } from 'lodash';
 import { FilesPlugin } from '../../../plugin';
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ export class ElasticsearchBlobStorageClient implements BlobStorageClient {
     return lastValueFrom(defer(processUpload).pipe(this.uploadSemaphore.acquire()));
   }
 
-  private getReadableContentStream(id: string, size?: number): () => ReadableContentStream {
-    return getReadableContentStream.bind(this, {
+  private getReadableContentStream(id: string, size?: number): ReadableContentStream {
+    return getReadableContentStream({
       id,
       client: this.esClient,
       index: this.index,
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ export class ElasticsearchBlobStorageClient implements BlobStorageClient {
     // right after uploading it, we refresh the index before downloading the file.
     await this.esClient.indices.refresh({ index: this.index });
 
-    return lastValueFrom(
-      defer(this.getReadableContentStream(id, size)).pipe(this.downloadSemaphore.acquire())
+    return firstValueFrom(
+      defer(() => Promise.resolve(this.getReadableContentStream(id, size))).pipe(
+        this.downloadSemaphore.acquire()
+      )
     );
   }