diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.test.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.test.ts
index fc31bb75b54b5..b0b5b5e406208 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.test.ts
@@ -597,12 +597,12 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
         {
           id: '2',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { foo: 'bar', row: true },
+          params: { foo: 'bar' },
         },
         {
           id: '3',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { hey: 'ya', row: false },
+          params: { hey: 'ya' },
         },
       ];
       const tableDoc = generateDoc('table', aggs);
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
         {
           id: '2',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { foo: 'bar', row: true },
+          params: { foo: 'bar' },
         },
         {
           id: '3',
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
         {
           id: '2',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { foo: 'bar', row: true },
+          params: { foo: 'bar' },
         },
       ];
       const tableDoc = generateDoc('table', aggs);
@@ -675,12 +675,12 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
         {
           id: '2',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { foo: 'bar', row: true },
+          params: { foo: 'bar' },
         },
         {
           id: '3',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { hey: 'ya', row: false },
+          params: { hey: 'ya' },
         },
         {
           id: '4',
@@ -705,15 +705,15 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
         {
           id: '2',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { foo: 'bar', row: true },
+          params: { foo: 'bar' },
         },
         {
           id: '3',
           schema: 'split',
-          params: { hey: 'ya', row: false },
+          params: { hey: 'ya' },
         },
       ];
-      const expected = [{}, { foo: 'bar', row: true }, { hey: 'ya' }];
+      const expected = [{}, { foo: 'bar' }, { hey: 'ya' }];
       const migrated = migrate(generateDoc('table', aggs));
       const actual = JSON.parse(migrated.attributes.visState);
 
@@ -1360,11 +1360,11 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
         doc as Parameters<SavedObjectMigrationFn>[0],
         savedObjectMigrationContext
       );
-    const generateDoc = (params: any) => ({
+    const generateDoc = (visState: any) => ({
       attributes: {
         title: 'My Vis',
         description: 'This is my super cool vis.',
-        visState: JSON.stringify({ params }),
+        visState: JSON.stringify(visState),
         uiStateJSON: '{}',
         version: 1,
         kibanaSavedObjectMeta: {
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
           },
         ],
       };
-      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc(params);
+      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc({ params });
       const migratedtimeSeriesDoc = migrate(timeSeriesDoc);
       const migratedParams = JSON.parse(migratedtimeSeriesDoc.attributes.visState).params;
 
@@ -1427,11 +1427,37 @@ describe('migration visualization', () => {
           },
         ],
       };
-      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc(params);
+      const timeSeriesDoc = generateDoc({ params });
       const migratedtimeSeriesDoc = migrate(timeSeriesDoc);
       const migratedParams = JSON.parse(migratedtimeSeriesDoc.attributes.visState).params;
 
       expect(migratedParams.gauge_color_rules[1]).toEqual(params.gauge_color_rules[1]);
     });
+
+    it('should move "row" field on split chart by a row or column to vis.params', () => {
+      const visData = {
+        type: 'area',
+        aggs: [
+          {
+            id: '1',
+            schema: 'metric',
+            params: {},
+          },
+          {
+            id: '2',
+            type: 'terms',
+            schema: 'split',
+            params: { foo: 'bar', row: true },
+          },
+        ],
+        params: {},
+      };
+
+      const migrated = migrate(generateDoc(visData));
+      const actual = JSON.parse(migrated.attributes.visState);
+
+      expect(actual.aggs.filter((agg: any) => 'row' in agg.params)).toEqual([]);
+      expect(actual.params.row).toBeTruthy();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.ts
index 80a9095e3d81a..96c628fe92273 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/server/saved_objects/visualization_migrations.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,50 @@ const migrateOperatorKeyTypo: SavedObjectMigrationFn = (doc) => {
   return doc;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Moving setting wether to do a row or column split to vis.params
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/58462/files#diff-ae69fe15b20a5099d038e9bbe2ed3849
+ **/
+const migrateSplitByChartRow: SavedObjectMigrationFn = (doc) => {
+  const visStateJSON = get<string>(doc, 'attributes.visState');
+  let visState: any;
+
+  if (visStateJSON) {
+    try {
+      visState = JSON.parse(visStateJSON);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Let it go, the data is invalid and we'll leave it as is
+    }
+
+    if (visState && visState.aggs && visState.params) {
+      let row: boolean | undefined;
+
+      visState.aggs.forEach((agg: any) => {
+        if (agg.type === 'terms' && agg.schema === 'split' && 'row' in agg.params) {
+          row = agg.params.row;
+
+          delete agg.params.row;
+        }
+      });
+
+      if (row !== undefined) {
+        visState.params.row = row;
+      }
+
+      return {
+        ...doc,
+        attributes: {
+          ...doc.attributes,
+          visState: JSON.stringify(visState),
+        },
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return doc;
+};
+
 // Migrate date histogram aggregation (remove customInterval)
 const migrateDateHistogramAggregation: SavedObjectMigrationFn = (doc) => {
   const visStateJSON = get<string>(doc, 'attributes.visState');
@@ -603,5 +647,5 @@ export const visualizationSavedObjectTypeMigrations = {
   ),
   '7.3.1': flow<SavedObjectMigrationFn>(migrateFiltersAggQueryStringQueries),
   '7.4.2': flow<SavedObjectMigrationFn>(transformSplitFiltersStringToQueryObject),
-  '7.7.0': flow<SavedObjectMigrationFn>(migrateOperatorKeyTypo),
+  '7.7.0': flow<SavedObjectMigrationFn>(migrateOperatorKeyTypo, migrateSplitByChartRow),
 };