diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.test.ts
index c753f25c0cb3ff..7b4e4adc4e4fc2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ describe('Ingest Manager - storedDatasourceToAgentDatasource', () => {
             type: 'yaml',
             value: '',
           },
+          barVar5: {
+            type: 'yaml',
+            value: 'testField: test\n invalidSpacing: foo',
+          },
         },
       },
     ],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.ts
index d5bedcf4c1b980..ea048b84afef33 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/common/services/datasource_to_agent_datasource.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ export const storedDatasourceToAgentDatasource = (
                 (acc, [configName, { type: configType, value: configValue }]) => {
                   if (configValue !== undefined) {
                     if (configType === 'yaml') {
-                      if (configValue.trim()) {
-                        acc[configName] = safeLoad(configValue);
+                      try {
+                        const yamlValue = safeLoad(configValue);
+                        if (yamlValue) {
+                          acc[configName] = yamlValue;
+                        }
+                      } catch (e) {
+                        // Silently swallow parsing error
                       }
                     } else {
                       acc[configName] = configValue;