diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
index 31f4e393f019..459f596b3025 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.ts
@@ -496,6 +496,10 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderCo
       const input = await find.byCssSelector('.euiFilePicker__input');
       await input.type(path);
     }
+
+    async scrollKibanaBodyTop() {
+      await browser.setScrollToById('kibana-body', 0, 0);
+    }
   }
 
   return new CommonPage();
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/settings_page.ts b/test/functional/page_objects/settings_page.ts
index 43e58a0a2e58..cf75d5ad7c10 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/settings_page.ts
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/settings_page.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ export function SettingsPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProvider
     }
 
     async clickAddNewIndexPatternButton() {
+      await PageObjects.common.scrollKibanaBodyTop();
       await testSubjects.click('createIndexPatternButton');
     }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/services/common/browser.ts b/test/functional/services/common/browser.ts
index 2f8e87c1d58d..daf1659f0cfe 100644
--- a/test/functional/services/common/browser.ts
+++ b/test/functional/services/common/browser.ts
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ export async function BrowserProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       return this.getScrollTop();
     }
 
+    public async setScrollToById(elementId: string, xCoord: number, yCoord: number) {
+      await driver.executeScript(
+        `document.getElementById("${elementId}").scrollTo(${xCoord},${yCoord})`
+      );
+    }
+
     public async setScrollLeft(scrollSize: number | string) {
       await driver.executeScript('document.body.scrollLeft = ' + scrollSize);
       return this.getScrollLeft();