diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/ccr/CcrStatsCollector.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/ccr/CcrStatsCollector.java
index fbb7505af4d07..510f430d19647 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/ccr/CcrStatsCollector.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/ccr/CcrStatsCollector.java
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.collector.ccr;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.IndicesOptions;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ protected Collection<MonitoringDoc> doCollect(
             final ClusterState clusterState) throws Exception {
         try (ThreadContext.StoredContext ignore = stashWithOrigin(threadContext, MONITORING_ORIGIN)) {
             final CcrStatsAction.StatsRequest request = new CcrStatsAction.StatsRequest();
-            request.setIndices(Strings.EMPTY_ARRAY);
+            request.setIndices(getCollectionIndices());
+            request.setIndicesOptions(IndicesOptions.lenientExpandOpen());
             final CcrStatsAction.StatsResponses responses = ccrClient.stats(request).actionGet(getCollectionTimeout());
 
             final long timestamp = timestamp();