diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/_request_queue.js b/src/ui/public/courier/_request_queue.js
index ca8ce4ad793b..e6dcf78957c6 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/_request_queue.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/_request_queue.js
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ define(function (require) {
       });
     };
 
-    queue.get = function (/* strategies.. */) {
-      var strategies = _.toArray(arguments);
+    queue.getStartable = function (...strategies) {
+      return queue.get(...strategies).filter(req => req.canStart());
+    };
+
+    queue.get = function (...strategies) {
       return queue.filter(function (req) {
         var strategyMatch = !strategies.length;
         if (!strategyMatch) {
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ define(function (require) {
           });
         }
 
-        return strategyMatch && req.canStart();
+        return strategyMatch;
       });
     };
 
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/data_source/_abstract.js b/src/ui/public/courier/data_source/_abstract.js
index 0099c3d2bd33..a4f3b80fe237 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/data_source/_abstract.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/data_source/_abstract.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ define(function (require) {
      *****/
 
     SourceAbstract.prototype._myQueued = function () {
-      var reqs = requestQueue.get(this._fetchStrategy);
+      var reqs = requestQueue.getStartable(this._fetchStrategy);
       return _.where(reqs, { source: this });
     };
 
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/fetch.js b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/fetch.js
index 03ce8199aa43..adf1871bb425 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/fetch.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/fetch.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ define(function (require) {
     var INCOMPLETE = Private(require('ui/courier/fetch/_req_status')).INCOMPLETE;
 
     function fetchQueued(strategy) {
-      var requests = requestQueue.get(strategy);
+      var requests = requestQueue.getStartable(strategy);
       if (!requests.length) return Promise.resolve();
       else return fetchThese(requests);
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js
index 8289c16d1b97..a2291b3b99c6 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/courier/fetch/request/segmented.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ define(function (require) {
   return function CourierSegmentedReqProvider(es, Private, Promise, Notifier, timefilter, config) {
     var _ = require('lodash');
     var SearchReq = Private(require('ui/courier/fetch/request/search'));
-    var requestQueue = Private(require('ui/courier/_request_queue'));
     var SegmentedHandle = Private(require('ui/courier/fetch/request/_segmented_handle'));
 
     var notify = new Notifier({