diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_patterns.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_patterns.ts
index 1326ebdbf9d6f8f..9516cc483acd709 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_patterns.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/index_patterns/index_patterns.ts
@@ -160,11 +160,16 @@ export class IndexPatternsService {
    * @param title {string}
    * @returns {Promise<SavedObject|undefined>}
    */
-  findByTitle = async (title: string) => {
-    const savedObject = await findByTitle(this.savedObjectsClient, title);
+  findByTitle = async (title: string, refresh: boolean = false) => {
+    if (!this.savedObjectsCache || refresh) {
+      await this.refreshSavedObjectsCache();
+    }
+    if (this.savedObjectsCache) {
+      const so = this.savedObjectsCache.find((obj) => obj.attributes.title === title);
 
-    if (savedObject?.id) {
-      return this.get(savedObject?.id);
+      if (so?.id) {
+        return this.get(so.id);
+      }
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/utils.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/utils.ts
index 11501f5a4bbf5ea..b7e1f28d5d60f33 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/index_patterns/utils.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { find } from 'lodash';
-import { SavedObjectsClientCommon, SavedObject } from '..';
+import type { IndexPatternSavedObjectAttrs } from './index_patterns';
+import type { SavedObjectsClientCommon } from '../types';
 
 /**
  * Returns an object matching a given title
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { SavedObjectsClientCommon, SavedObject } from '..';
  */
 export async function findByTitle(client: SavedObjectsClientCommon, title: string) {
   if (title) {
-    const savedObjects = await client.find({
+    const savedObjects = await client.find<IndexPatternSavedObjectAttrs>({
       type: 'index-pattern',
       perPage: 10,
       search: `"${title}"`,
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ export async function findByTitle(client: SavedObjectsClientCommon, title: strin
       fields: ['title'],
     });
 
-    return find(
-      savedObjects,
-      (obj: SavedObject<any>) => obj.attributes.title.toLowerCase() === title.toLowerCase()
-    );
+    return savedObjects.find((obj) => obj.attributes.title.toLowerCase() === title.toLowerCase());
   }
 }