diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/global@custom b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/global@custom
index e11a0be72..993c08373 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/global@custom
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/global@custom
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "processors": [
     { "set":        { "ignore_failure": true,  "field": "event.module", "value": "elastic_agent" } },
     { "split":      { "if": "ctx.event?.dataset != null && ctx.event.dataset.contains('.')", "field": "event.dataset", "separator": "\\.", "target_field": "module_temp"  } },
-    { "split":      { "if": "ctx.data_stream?.dataset.contains('.')", "field":"data_stream.dataset", "separator":"\\.", "target_field":"datastream_dataset_temp", "ignore_missing":true } },
+    { "split":      { "if": "ctx.data_stream?.dataset != null && ctx.data_stream?.dataset.contains('.')", "field":"data_stream.dataset", "separator":"\\.", "target_field":"datastream_dataset_temp", "ignore_missing":true } },
     { "set":        { "if": "ctx.module_temp != null", "override": true, "field": "event.module", "value": "{{module_temp.0}}" } },
     { "set":        { "if": "ctx.datastream_dataset_temp != null && ctx.datastream_dataset_temp[0] == 'network_traffic'", "field":"event.module", "value":"{{ datastream_dataset_temp.0 }}", "ignore_failure":true, "ignore_empty_value":true, "description":"Fix EA network packet capture" } },
     { "gsub":       { "if": "ctx.event?.dataset != null && ctx.event.dataset.contains('.')", "field": "event.dataset", "pattern": "^[^.]*.", "replacement": "", "target_field": "dataset_tag_temp" } },