diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt
index b7067f3b0..126b02948 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetMonitorAction.kt
@@ -119,17 +119,7 @@ class TransportGetMonitorAction @Inject constructor(
                             }
                         }
 
-                        actionListener.onResponse(
-                            GetMonitorResponse(
-                                response.id,
-                                response.version,
-                                response.seqNo,
-                                response.primaryTerm,
-                                RestStatus.OK,
-                                monitor,
-                                getAssociatedWorkflows(response.id)
-                            )
-                        )
+                        getAssociatedWorkflows(response.id, response, monitor, actionListener)
                     }
 
                     override fun onFailure(t: Exception) {
@@ -140,40 +130,72 @@ class TransportGetMonitorAction @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    private fun getAssociatedWorkflows(id: String): List<AssociatedWorkflow> {
-        try {
-            val associatedWorkflows = mutableListOf<AssociatedWorkflow>()
-            val queryBuilder = QueryBuilders.nestedQuery(
-                WORKFLOW_DELEGATE_PATH,
-                QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(
-                    QueryBuilders.matchQuery(
-                        WORKFLOW_MONITOR_PATH,
-                        id
-                    )
-                ),
-                ScoreMode.None
-            )
-            val searchRequest = SearchRequest()
-                .indices(ScheduledJob.SCHEDULED_JOBS_INDEX)
-                .source(SearchSourceBuilder().query(queryBuilder).fetchField("_id"))
-            val response: SearchResponse = client.execute(SearchAction.INSTANCE, searchRequest).get()
-
-            for (hit in response.hits) {
-                XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(
-                    xContentRegistry,
-                    LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE,
-                    hit.sourceAsString
-                ).use { hitsParser ->
-                    val workflow = ScheduledJob.parse(hitsParser, hit.id, hit.version)
-                    if (workflow is Workflow) {
-                        associatedWorkflows.add(AssociatedWorkflow(hit.id, workflow.name))
+    private fun getAssociatedWorkflows(
+        id: String,
+        getResponse: GetResponse,
+        monitor: Monitor?,
+        actionListener: ActionListener<GetMonitorResponse>
+    ) {
+        val queryBuilder = QueryBuilders.nestedQuery(
+            WORKFLOW_DELEGATE_PATH,
+            QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(
+                QueryBuilders.matchQuery(
+                    WORKFLOW_MONITOR_PATH,
+                    id
+                )
+            ),
+            ScoreMode.None
+        )
+        val searchRequest = SearchRequest()
+            .indices(ScheduledJob.SCHEDULED_JOBS_INDEX)
+            .source(SearchSourceBuilder().query(queryBuilder).fetchField("_id"))
+        client.execute(
+            SearchAction.INSTANCE,
+            searchRequest,
+            object : ActionListener<SearchResponse> {
+                override fun onResponse(response: SearchResponse) {
+                    val associatedWorkflows = mutableListOf<AssociatedWorkflow>()
+                    for (hit in response.hits) {
+                        XContentType.JSON.xContent().createParser(
+                            xContentRegistry,
+                            LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE,
+                            hit.sourceAsString
+                        ).use { hitsParser ->
+                            val workflow = ScheduledJob.parse(hitsParser, hit.id, hit.version)
+                            if (workflow is Workflow) {
+                                associatedWorkflows.add(AssociatedWorkflow(hit.id, workflow.name))
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
+
+                    actionListener.onResponse(
+                        GetMonitorResponse(
+                            getResponse.id,
+                            getResponse.version,
+                            getResponse.seqNo,
+                            getResponse.primaryTerm,
+                            RestStatus.OK,
+                            monitor,
+                            associatedWorkflows
+                        )
+                    )
+                }
+
+                override fun onFailure(e: java.lang.Exception) {
+                    log.error("failed to fetch associated workflows for monitor $id", e)
+                    actionListener.onResponse(
+                        GetMonitorResponse(
+                            getResponse.id,
+                            getResponse.version,
+                            getResponse.seqNo,
+                            getResponse.primaryTerm,
+                            RestStatus.OK,
+                            monitor,
+                            emptyList()
+                        )
+                    )
                 }
             }
-            return associatedWorkflows
-        } catch (e: java.lang.Exception) {
-            log.error("failed to fetch associated workflows for monitor $id", e)
-            return emptyList()
-        }
+        )
     }
 }