diff --git a/packages/kbn-es-archiver/src/lib/streams/concat_stream_providers.ts b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/src/lib/streams/concat_stream_providers.ts
index 4794d76cc7f846c..be0768316b2930d 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es-archiver/src/lib/streams/concat_stream_providers.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-es-archiver/src/lib/streams/concat_stream_providers.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function concatStreamProviders(
 
     source
       // proxy errors from the source to the destination
-      .once('error', (error) => destination.emit('error', error))
+      .once('error', (error) => destination.destroy(error))
       // pipe the source to the destination but only proxy the
       // end event if this is the last source
       .pipe(destination, { end: isLast });