diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/Verifier.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/Verifier.java
index a62fd312376ee..30e3229ca8c1b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/Verifier.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/Verifier.java
@@ -780,14 +780,14 @@ private static void checkFullTextSearchDisjunctions(
         Set<Failure> failures
     ) {
         condition.forEachUp(Or.class, or -> {
-            boolean left = checkFullTextSearchInDisjunctions(or.left());
-            boolean right = checkFullTextSearchInDisjunctions(or.right());
+            boolean left = onlyFullTextFunctionsInExpression(or.left());
+            boolean right = onlyFullTextFunctionsInExpression(or.right());
             if (left ^ right) {
                 Holder<String> elementName = new Holder<>();
                 if (left) {
-                    or.right().forEachDown(FullTextFunction.class, ftf -> elementName.set(typeNameProvider.apply(ftf)));
-                } else {
                     or.left().forEachDown(FullTextFunction.class, ftf -> elementName.set(typeNameProvider.apply(ftf)));
+                } else {
+                    or.right().forEachDown(FullTextFunction.class, ftf -> elementName.set(typeNameProvider.apply(ftf)));
                 }
                 failures.add(
                     fail(
@@ -805,22 +805,22 @@ private static void checkFullTextSearchDisjunctions(
     /**
      * Checks whether an expression contains just full text functions or negations (NOT) and combinations (AND, OR) of full text functions
      *
-     * @param expression parent expression to add to the failure message
+     * @param expression expression to check
      * @return true if all children are full text functions or negations of full text functions, false otherwise
      */
-    private static boolean checkFullTextSearchInDisjunctions(Expression expression) {
+    private static boolean onlyFullTextFunctionsInExpression(Expression expression) {
         if (expression instanceof FullTextFunction) {
-            return false;
+            return true;
         } else if (expression instanceof Not || expression instanceof BinaryLogic) {
             for (Expression child : expression.children()) {
-                if (checkFullTextSearchInDisjunctions(child)) {
-                    return true;
+                if (onlyFullTextFunctionsInExpression(child) == false) {
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
-            return false;
+            return true;
         }
 
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/VerifierTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/VerifierTests.java
index c82dcdda60900..cc866804c1951 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/VerifierTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/analysis/VerifierTests.java
@@ -1168,14 +1168,14 @@ public void testMatchInsideEval() throws Exception {
     public void testMatchFilter() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(
             "1:19: Invalid condition [first_name:\"Anna\" or starts_with(first_name, \"Anne\")]. "
-                + "[:] operator can be used as part of an OR condition, " +
-                "but only if other full text functions are used as part of the condition",
+                + "[:] operator can be used as part of an OR condition, "
+                + "but only if other full text functions are used as part of the condition",
             error("from test | where first_name:\"Anna\" or starts_with(first_name, \"Anne\")")
         );
 
         assertEquals(
-            "1:51: Invalid condition [first_name:\"Anna\" OR new_salary > 100]. [:] operator can be used as part of an OR " +
-                "condition, but only if other full text functions are used as part of the condition",
+            "1:51: Invalid condition [first_name:\"Anna\" OR new_salary > 100]. [:] operator can be used as part of an OR "
+                + "condition, but only if other full text functions are used as part of the condition",
             error("from test | eval new_salary = salary + 10 | where first_name:\"Anna\" OR new_salary > 100")
         );
     }