diff --git a/src/server/stats/stats.js b/src/server/stats/stats.js
index cfef219d4c1ae..b50a617461004 100644
--- a/src/server/stats/stats.js
+++ b/src/server/stats/stats.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { SavedObjectsClient } from '../saved_objects/client';
+import { snakeCase } from 'lodash';
 
 async function getStatsForType(savedObjectsClient, type) {
   const { total } = await savedObjectsClient.find({ type, perPage: 0 });
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export async function getStats(kibanaIndex, callAdminCluster) {
   const stats = {};
 
   results.forEach((statsForType, index) => {
-    stats[types[index]] = statsForType;
+    stats[snakeCase(types[index])] = statsForType;
   });
 
   stats.index = kibanaIndex;
diff --git a/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js b/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
index d8ff833591083..47059cb5743c4 100644
--- a/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
+++ b/src/server/stats/stats_mixin.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ export function statsMixin(kbnServer, server) {
     method: 'GET',
     path: '/api/stats',
     handler: function (request, reply) {
-      const { callWithInternalUser } = server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('admin');
-      const callAdminCluster = (...args) => callWithInternalUser(...args);
+      const { callWithRequest } = server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('admin');
+      const callAdminCluster = (...args) => callWithRequest(request, ...args);
 
       const stats = getStats(
         server.config().get('kibana.index'),