diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportDeleteMonitorAction.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportDeleteMonitorAction.kt
index e5f71133d..885986ee3 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportDeleteMonitorAction.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportDeleteMonitorAction.kt
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ class TransportDeleteMonitorAction @Inject constructor(
             monitorId: String,
         ): DeleteResponse {
             val deleteResponse = deleteMonitorDocument(client, deleteRequest)
-            deleteMetadata(client, monitor)
             deleteDocLevelMonitorQueriesAndIndices(client, monitor, monitorId)
+            deleteMetadata(client, monitor)
             return deleteResponse
         }