diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/shared/layers/sources/vector_source.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/shared/layers/sources/vector_source.js
index fd9f76040e05..c1a8f94411a1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/shared/layers/sources/vector_source.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/shared/layers/sources/vector_source.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class AbstractVectorSource extends AbstractSource {
     }
 
     if (format === 'topojson') {
-      const features = _.get(fetchedJson, featureCollectionPath);
+      const features = _.get(fetchedJson, `objects.${featureCollectionPath}`);
       return topojson.feature(fetchedJson, features);
     }