diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-elasticsearch/llama_index/vector_stores/elasticsearch/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-elasticsearch/llama_index/vector_stores/elasticsearch/base.py
index 921d037e1f8ba..e79445f52713d 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-elasticsearch/llama_index/vector_stores/elasticsearch/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/vector_stores/llama-index-vector-stores-elasticsearch/llama_index/vector_stores/elasticsearch/base.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ async def _create_index_if_not_exists(
             index_name: Name of the AsyncElasticsearch index to create.
             dims_length: Length of the embedding vectors.
         """
-        if self.client.indices.exists(index=index_name):
+        if await self.client.indices.exists(index=index_name):
             logger.debug(f"Index {index_name} already exists. Skipping creation.")
 
         else: