diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.test.ts
index 3e3ccfe5babef..2699f687c5106 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   transformBulkError,
   BulkError,
   createSuccessObject,
+  getIndex,
   ImportSuccessError,
   createImportErrorObject,
   transformImportError,
@@ -292,4 +293,36 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       expect(transformed).toEqual(expected);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('getIndex', () => {
+    it('appends the space ID to the configured index if spaces are enabled', () => {
+      const mockGet = jest.fn();
+      const mockGetSpaceId = jest.fn();
+      const config = jest.fn(() => ({ get: mockGet, has: jest.fn() }));
+      const server = { plugins: { spaces: { getSpaceId: mockGetSpaceId } }, config };
+
+      mockGet.mockReturnValue('mockSignalsIndex');
+      mockGetSpaceId.mockReturnValue('myspace');
+      // @ts-ignore-next-line TODO these dependencies are simplified on
+      // https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/56814. We're currently mocking
+      // out what we need.
+      const index = getIndex(null, server);
+
+      expect(index).toEqual('mockSignalsIndex-myspace');
+    });
+
+    it('appends the default space ID to the configured index if spaces are disabled', () => {
+      const mockGet = jest.fn();
+      const config = jest.fn(() => ({ get: mockGet, has: jest.fn() }));
+      const server = { plugins: {}, config };
+
+      mockGet.mockReturnValue('mockSignalsIndex');
+      // @ts-ignore-next-line TODO these dependencies are simplified on
+      // https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/56814. We're currently mocking
+      // out what we need.
+      const index = getIndex(null, server);
+
+      expect(index).toEqual('mockSignalsIndex-default');
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.ts
index af78f60f16ae4..20871e5309c30 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/server/lib/detection_engine/routes/utils.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export const getIndex = (
   request: RequestFacade | Omit<RequestFacade, 'query'>,
   server: ServerFacade
 ): string => {
-  const spaceId = server.plugins.spaces.getSpaceId(request);
+  const spaceId = server.plugins.spaces?.getSpaceId?.(request) ?? 'default';
   const signalsIndex = server.config().get(`xpack.${APP_ID}.${SIGNALS_INDEX_KEY}`);
   return `${signalsIndex}-${spaceId}`;
 };