diff --git a/src/plugins/region_map/public/choropleth_layer.js b/src/plugins/region_map/public/choropleth_layer.js
index 14a91e189e0d5..62f4ffe9be677 100644
--- a/src/plugins/region_map/public/choropleth_layer.js
+++ b/src/plugins/region_map/public/choropleth_layer.js
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ CORS configuration of the server permits requests from the Kibana application on
     showAllData,
     meta,
     layerConfig,
-    serviceSettings
+    serviceSettings,
+    leaflet
   ) {
     const clonedLayer = new ChoroplethLayer(
       name,
@@ -295,7 +296,8 @@ CORS configuration of the server permits requests from the Kibana application on
       showAllData,
       meta,
       layerConfig,
-      serviceSettings
+      serviceSettings,
+      leaflet
     );
     clonedLayer.setJoinField(this._joinField);
     clonedLayer.setColorRamp(this._colorRamp);
diff --git a/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js b/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js
index 9b20a35630c86..ecb3541827cb3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js
+++ b/src/plugins/region_map/public/region_map_visualization.js
@@ -170,27 +170,29 @@ export function createRegionMapVisualization({
     }
 
     async _recreateChoroplethLayer(name, attribution, showAllData) {
+      const selectedLayer = await this._loadConfig(this._params.selectedLayer);
       this._kibanaMap.removeLayer(this._choroplethLayer);
 
       if (this._choroplethLayer) {
         this._choroplethLayer = this._choroplethLayer.cloneChoroplethLayerForNewData(
           name,
           attribution,
-          this._params.selectedLayer.format,
+          selectedLayer.format,
           showAllData,
-          this._params.selectedLayer.meta,
-          this._params.selectedLayer,
-          await getServiceSettings()
+          selectedLayer.meta,
+          selectedLayer,
+          await getServiceSettings(),
+          (await lazyLoadMapsLegacyModules()).L
         );
       } else {
         const { ChoroplethLayer } = await import('./choropleth_layer');
         this._choroplethLayer = new ChoroplethLayer(
           name,
           attribution,
-          this._params.selectedLayer.format,
+          selectedLayer.format,
           showAllData,
-          this._params.selectedLayer.meta,
-          this._params.selectedLayer,
+          selectedLayer.meta,
+          selectedLayer,
           await getServiceSettings(),
           (await lazyLoadMapsLegacyModules()).L
         );