diff --git a/internal/search/run/aggregator.go b/internal/search/run/aggregator.go
index 24df236fa85c2..25bbacbcc6236 100644
--- a/internal/search/run/aggregator.go
+++ b/internal/search/run/aggregator.go
@@ -91,23 +91,8 @@ func (a *Aggregator) DoSymbolSearch(ctx context.Context, args *search.TextParame
 	return errors.Wrap(err, "symbol search failed")
 }
 
-func (a *Aggregator) DoFilePathSearch(ctx context.Context, args *search.TextParameters) (err error) {
-	tr, ctx := trace.New(ctx, "doFilePathSearch", "")
-	tr.LogFields(trace.Stringer("global_search_mode", args.Mode))
-	defer func() {
-		a.Error(err)
-		tr.SetErrorIfNotContext(err)
-		tr.Finish()
-	}()
-
-	isDefaultStructuralSearch := args.PatternInfo.IsStructuralPat && args.PatternInfo.FileMatchLimit == search.DefaultMaxSearchResults
-
-	if !isDefaultStructuralSearch {
-		return unindexed.SearchFilesInRepos(ctx, args, a)
-	}
-
+func (a *Aggregator) DoStructuralSearch(ctx context.Context, args *search.TextParameters) (err error) {
 	// For structural search with default limits we retry if we get no results.
-
 	fileMatches, stats, err := unindexed.SearchFilesInReposBatch(ctx, args)
 
 	if len(fileMatches) == 0 && err == nil {
@@ -140,6 +125,23 @@ func (a *Aggregator) DoFilePathSearch(ctx context.Context, args *search.TextPara
 	return err
 }
 
+func (a *Aggregator) DoFilePathSearch(ctx context.Context, args *search.TextParameters) (err error) {
+	tr, ctx := trace.New(ctx, "doFilePathSearch", "")
+	tr.LogFields(trace.Stringer("global_search_mode", args.Mode))
+	defer func() {
+		a.Error(err)
+		tr.SetErrorIfNotContext(err)
+		tr.Finish()
+	}()
+
+	isDefaultStructuralSearch := args.PatternInfo.IsStructuralPat && args.PatternInfo.FileMatchLimit == search.DefaultMaxSearchResults
+	if isDefaultStructuralSearch {
+		return a.DoStructuralSearch(ctx, args)
+	}
+
+	return unindexed.SearchFilesInRepos(ctx, args, a)
+}
+
 func (a *Aggregator) DoDiffSearch(ctx context.Context, tp *search.TextParameters) (err error) {
 	tr, ctx := trace.New(ctx, "doDiffSearch", "")
 	defer func() {