diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeService.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeService.java
index e8bab076e1d01..00443a553da94 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeService.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/plugin/ComputeService.java
@@ -244,21 +244,24 @@ public void execute(
                 )
             ) {
                 runCompute(rootTask, computeContext, finalMainPlan, localListener.acquireCompute());
-            }
 
-            for (PhysicalPlan subplan : subplans) {
-                var childSessionId = newChildSession(sessionId);
-                ExchangeSinkHandler exchangeSink = exchangeService.createSinkHandler(childSessionId, queryPragmas.exchangeBufferSize());
-                // funnel sub plan pages into the main plan exchange source
-                mainExchangeSource.addRemoteSink(exchangeSink::fetchPageAsync, true, () -> {}, 1, ActionListener.noop());
-                executePlan(childSessionId, rootTask, subplan, configuration, foldContext, execInfo, ActionListener.wrap(result -> {
-                    exchangeSink.addCompletionListener(
-                        ActionListener.running(() -> { exchangeService.finishSinkHandler(childSessionId, null); })
-                    );
-                }, e -> {
-                    exchangeService.finishSinkHandler(childSessionId, e);
-                    finalListener.onFailure(e);
-                }), () -> exchangeSink.createExchangeSink(() -> {}));
+                for (PhysicalPlan subplan : subplans) {
+                    var childSessionId = newChildSession(sessionId);
+                    ExchangeSinkHandler exchangeSink = exchangeService.createSinkHandler(childSessionId, queryPragmas.exchangeBufferSize());
+                    // funnel sub plan pages into the main plan exchange source
+                    mainExchangeSource.addRemoteSink(exchangeSink::fetchPageAsync, true, () -> {}, 1, ActionListener.noop());
+                    var subPlanListener = localListener.acquireCompute();
+
+                    executePlan(childSessionId, rootTask, subplan, configuration, foldContext, execInfo, ActionListener.wrap(result -> {
+                        exchangeSink.addCompletionListener(
+                            ActionListener.running(() -> { exchangeService.finishSinkHandler(childSessionId, null); })
+                        );
+                        subPlanListener.onResponse(result.completionInfo());
+                    }, e -> {
+                        exchangeService.finishSinkHandler(childSessionId, e);
+                        subPlanListener.onFailure(e);
+                    }), () -> exchangeSink.createExchangeSink(() -> {}));
+                }
             }
         }
     }