diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js
index 34fed37933e13..aaa56b30c735a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function getDocValueAndSourceFields(indexPattern, fieldNames) {
           lang: field.lang,
         },
       };
-    } else if (field.readFromDocValues) {
+    } else if (field.type !== ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE.GEO_SHAPE && field.readFromDocValues) {
       const docValueField =
         field.type === 'date'
           ? {