diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go b/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
index 0773b00bc4a..ca61b684061 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/search/options.go
@@ -66,5 +66,9 @@ func NewSearchOptions(
 			IndexMinUpdateInterval: cfg.IndexMinUpdateInterval,
 		}, nil
 	}
-	return resource.SearchOptions{}, nil
+	return resource.SearchOptions{
+		// it is used for search after write and throttles index updates
+		IndexMinUpdateInterval: cfg.IndexMinUpdateInterval,
+		MaxIndexAge:            cfg.MaxFileIndexAge,
+	}, nil
 }