diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/pipeline/Pipeline.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/pipeline/Pipeline.java
index fa80cf23b8075..2699f18d6f037 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/pipeline/Pipeline.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/pipeline/Pipeline.java
@@ -137,18 +137,7 @@ void transformRequest(SearchRequest request, ActionListener<SearchRequest> reque
             return;
         }
 
-        long[] pipelineStart = new long[1];
-
-        ActionListener<SearchRequest> finalListener = ActionListener.wrap(r -> {
-            long took = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(relativeTimeSupplier.getAsLong() - pipelineStart[0]);
-            afterTransformRequest(took);
-            requestListener.onResponse(new PipelinedRequest(this, r));
-        }, e -> {
-            long took = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(relativeTimeSupplier.getAsLong() - pipelineStart[0]);
-            afterTransformRequest(took);
-            onTransformRequestFailure();
-            requestListener.onFailure(new SearchPipelineProcessingException(e));
-        });
+        ActionListener<SearchRequest> finalListener = getTerminalSearchRequestActionListener(requestListener);
 
         // Chain listeners back-to-front
         ActionListener<SearchRequest> currentListener = finalListener;
@@ -183,11 +172,25 @@ void transformRequest(SearchRequest request, ActionListener<SearchRequest> reque
             }, finalListener::onFailure);
         }
 
-        pipelineStart[0] = relativeTimeSupplier.getAsLong();
         beforeTransformRequest();
         currentListener.onResponse(request);
     }
 
+    private ActionListener<SearchRequest> getTerminalSearchRequestActionListener(ActionListener<SearchRequest> requestListener) {
+        final long pipelineStart = relativeTimeSupplier.getAsLong();
+
+        return ActionListener.wrap(r -> {
+            long took = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(relativeTimeSupplier.getAsLong() - pipelineStart);
+            afterTransformRequest(took);
+            requestListener.onResponse(new PipelinedRequest(this, r));
+        }, e -> {
+            long took = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(relativeTimeSupplier.getAsLong() - pipelineStart);
+            afterTransformRequest(took);
+            onTransformRequestFailure();
+            requestListener.onFailure(new SearchPipelineProcessingException(e));
+        });
+    }
+
     ActionListener<SearchResponse> transformResponseListener(SearchRequest request, ActionListener<SearchResponse> responseListener) {
         if (searchResponseProcessors.isEmpty()) {
             // No response transformation necessary