diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve.go
index d465d2ccdfc..2de6e3a1fe2 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve.go
@@ -528,17 +528,19 @@ func (b *bleveBackend) findPreviousFileBasedIndex(resourceDir string, resourceVe
 			continue
 		}
 
-		cnt, err := idx.DocCount()
-		if err != nil {
-			b.log.Debug("error getting count from index", "indexDir", indexDir, "err", err)
-			_ = idx.Close()
-			continue
-		}
+		if !searchAfterWrite {
+			cnt, err := idx.DocCount()
+			if err != nil {
+				b.log.Debug("error getting count from index", "indexDir", indexDir, "err", err)
+				_ = idx.Close()
+				continue
+			}
 
-		if uint64(size) != cnt {
-			b.log.Debug("index count mismatch. ignoring index", "indexDir", indexDir, "size", size, "cnt", cnt)
-			_ = idx.Close()
-			continue
+			if uint64(size) != cnt {
+				b.log.Debug("index count mismatch. ignoring index", "indexDir", indexDir, "size", size, "cnt", cnt)
+				_ = idx.Close()
+				continue
+			}
 		}
 
 		indexRV, err := getRV(idx)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve_test.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve_test.go
index 234e67af1c5..9af5a0c1fd5 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/bleve_test.go
@@ -859,8 +859,6 @@ func TestBuildIndex(t *testing.T) {
 		Resource:  "resource",
 	}
 
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-
 	type RV string
 	const (
 		RVLessThan   RV = "less"
@@ -872,7 +870,11 @@ func TestBuildIndex(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, sameSize := range []bool{false, true} {
 				for _, documentRV := range []RV{RVLessThan, RVSame, RVBiggerThan} {
 					shouldRebuild := false
-					if rebuild || !sameSize || (!searchAfterWrite && documentRV == RVBiggerThan) {
+					if rebuild {
+						shouldRebuild = true
+					} else if !searchAfterWrite && !sameSize {
+						shouldRebuild = true
+					} else if !searchAfterWrite && documentRV == RVBiggerThan {
 						shouldRebuild = true
 					}
 
@@ -911,6 +913,8 @@ func TestBuildIndex(t *testing.T) {
 					}
 
 					t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+						tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+
 						var size int64 = 10
 						var rv int64 = 100
 						backend1, _ := createBleveBackendAndIndex(t, tmpDir, ns, size, rv, 10, rebuild, searchAfterWrite)
@@ -931,9 +935,9 @@ func TestBuildIndex(t *testing.T) {
 						cnt, err := idx.DocCount(context.Background(), "")
 						require.NoError(t, err)
 						if shouldRebuild {
-							require.Equal(t, int64(1000), cnt)
+							require.Equal(t, int64(1000), cnt, "Index has been not rebuilt")
 						} else {
-							require.Equal(t, int64(10), cnt)
+							require.Equal(t, int64(10), cnt, "Index has not been reused")
 						}
 						backend2.CloseAllIndexes()
 					})