diff --git a/src/plugins/console/server/routes/api/console/proxy/create_handler.ts b/src/plugins/console/server/routes/api/console/proxy/create_handler.ts
index 5940581b246a..2ed943f4576a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/server/routes/api/console/proxy/create_handler.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/server/routes/api/console/proxy/create_handler.ts
@@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ export const createHandler = ({
 }: RouteDependencies): RequestHandler<unknown, Query, Body> => async (ctx, request, response) => {
   const { body, query } = request;
   const { path, method } = query;
+  const client = ctx.core.opensearch.client.asCurrentUser;
 
   let opensearchResponse: ApiResponse;
 
-  const client = ctx.core.opensearch.client.asCurrentUser;
-
   if (!pathFilters.some((re) => re.test(path))) {
     return response.forbidden({
       body: `Error connecting to '${path}':\n\nUnable to send requests to that path.`,