diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.test.ts
index 4cb50e8305c75..e6f79803763e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe('autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted', () => {
   it('should return true if there are enabled rules', async () => {
     (fetchRuleManagementFilters as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({ total: 1 });
     const result = await autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted({
-      abortSignal: { current: mockAbortController },
+      abortSignal: mockAbortController,
       kibanaServicesHttp: mockHttp,
     });
     expect(result).toBe(true);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted', () => {
     const mockOnError = jest.fn();
 
     const result = await autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted({
-      abortSignal: { current: mockAbortController },
+      abortSignal: mockAbortController,
       kibanaServicesHttp: mockHttp,
       onError: mockOnError,
     });
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted', () => {
     mockAbortController.abort();
 
     const result = await autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted({
-      abortSignal: { current: mockAbortController },
+      abortSignal: mockAbortController,
       kibanaServicesHttp: mockHttp,
       onError: mockOnError,
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.ts
index 369cda7d65140..a7071532b5575 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/card_step/helpers.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import type { MutableRefObject } from 'react';
 import type { HttpSetup } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { fetchRuleManagementFilters } from '../apis';
 import { ENABLED_FIELD } from '../../../../../../common/detection_engine/rule_management/rule_fields';
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ export const autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted = async ({
   kibanaServicesHttp,
   onError,
 }: {
-  abortSignal: MutableRefObject<AbortController>;
+  abortSignal: AbortController;
   kibanaServicesHttp: HttpSetup;
   onError?: (e: Error) => void;
 }) => {
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ export const autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted = async ({
   try {
     const data = await fetchRuleManagementFilters({
       http: kibanaServicesHttp,
-      signal: abortSignal.current.signal,
+      signal: abortSignal.signal,
       query: {
         page: 1,
         per_page: 20,
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export const autoCheckPrebuildRuleStepCompleted = async ({
     });
     return data?.total > 0;
   } catch (e) {
-    if (!abortSignal.current.signal.aborted) {
+    if (!abortSignal.signal.aborted) {
       onError?.(e);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.test.tsx
index f79deee080053..cc0bec56ca9ed 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.test.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ import {
 jest.mock('../../../../lib/kibana');
 
 describe('useCheckStepCompleted', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
   it('does nothing when autoCheckIfStepCompleted is not provided', () => {
     const { result } = renderHook(() =>
       useCheckStepCompleted({
@@ -56,4 +59,28 @@ describe('useCheckStepCompleted', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  it('does not toggleTaskCompleteStatus if authCheckIfStepCompleted was aborted', async () => {
+    const mockAutoCheck = jest.fn(({ abortSignal }) => {
+      abortSignal.abort();
+      return Promise.resolve(false);
+    });
+    const mockToggleTask = jest.fn();
+
+    const { waitFor } = renderHook(() =>
+      useCheckStepCompleted({
+        autoCheckIfStepCompleted: mockAutoCheck,
+        cardId: GetStartedWithAlertsCardsId.enablePrebuiltRules,
+        indicesExist: true,
+        sectionId: SectionId.getStartedWithAlerts,
+        stepId: EnablePrebuiltRulesSteps.enablePrebuiltRules,
+        toggleTaskCompleteStatus: mockToggleTask,
+      })
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockAutoCheck).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(mockToggleTask).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.tsx
index 13542d140002a..d360020ffcb27 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/hooks/use_check_step_completed.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export const useCheckStepCompleted = ({
     http: kibanaServicesHttp,
     notifications: { toasts },
   } = useKibana().services;
-  const abortSignal = useRef(new AbortController());
   const addError = useRef(toasts.addError.bind(toasts)).current;
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ export const useCheckStepCompleted = ({
       return;
     }
 
+    const abortSignal = new AbortController();
     const autoCheckStepCompleted = async () => {
       const isDone = await autoCheckIfStepCompleted({
         indicesExist,
@@ -56,12 +56,19 @@ export const useCheckStepCompleted = ({
         },
       });
 
-      toggleTaskCompleteStatus({ stepId, cardId, sectionId, undo: !isDone, trigger: 'auto_check' });
+      if (!abortSignal.signal.aborted) {
+        toggleTaskCompleteStatus({
+          stepId,
+          cardId,
+          sectionId,
+          undo: !isDone,
+          trigger: 'auto_check',
+        });
+      }
     };
     autoCheckStepCompleted();
-    const currentAbortController = abortSignal.current;
     return () => {
-      currentAbortController.abort();
+      abortSignal.abort();
     };
   }, [
     autoCheckIfStepCompleted,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/types.ts
index 1e4e6a8a11085..bff3598a28b40 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/components/landing_page/onboarding/types.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import type { EuiIconProps } from '@elastic/eui';
 import type React from 'react';
-import type { MutableRefObject } from 'react';
 import type { HttpSetup } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import type { ProductLine } from './configs';
 import type { StepLinkId } from './step_links/types';
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ type AutoCheckEnablePrebuiltRulesSteps = ({
   kibanaServicesHttp,
   onError,
 }: {
-  abortSignal: MutableRefObject<AbortController>;
+  abortSignal: AbortController;
   kibanaServicesHttp: HttpSetup;
   onError?: (error: Error) => void;
 }) => Promise<boolean>;