diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/tile_map.js b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/tile_map.js
index cb6ae028cf2bc..8c2e18ed3e2b5 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/tile_map.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kbn_vislib_vis_types/public/tile_map.js
@@ -48,11 +48,17 @@ export default function TileMapVisType(Private, getAppState, courier, config) {
 
         pushFilter(filter, false, indexPatternName);
       },
-      mapMoveEnd: function (event, uiState) {
-        uiState.set('mapCenter', event.center);
+      mapMoveEnd: function (event) {
+        const vis = _.get(event, 'chart.geohashGridAgg.vis');
+        if (vis && vis.hasUiState()) {
+          vis.getUiState().set('mapCenter', event.center);
+        }
       },
-      mapZoomEnd: function (event, uiState) {
-        uiState.set('mapZoom', event.zoom);
+      mapZoomEnd: function (event) {
+        const vis = _.get(event, 'chart.geohashGridAgg.vis');
+        if (vis && vis.hasUiState()) {
+          vis.getUiState().set('mapZoom', event.zoom);
+        }
 
         const autoPrecision = _.get(event, 'chart.geohashGridAgg.params.autoPrecision');
         if (autoPrecision) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vislib/__tests__/lib/handler/handler.js b/src/ui/public/vislib/__tests__/lib/handler/handler.js
index ea933bf8d89e0..6953e3ebef2e0 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vislib/__tests__/lib/handler/handler.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vislib/__tests__/lib/handler/handler.js
@@ -134,5 +134,27 @@ dateHistogramArray.forEach(function (data, i) {
         expect(vis.handler.charts.length).to.be(0);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('event proxying', function () {
+
+      it('should only pass the original event object to downstream handlers', function (done) {
+        const event = {};
+        const chart = vis.handler.charts[0];
+
+        const mockEmitter = function () {
+          const args = Array.from(arguments);
+          expect(args.length).to.be(2);
+          expect(args[0]).to.be('click');
+          expect(args[1]).to.be(event);
+          done();
+        };
+
+        vis.emit = mockEmitter;
+        vis.handler.enable('click', chart);
+        chart.events.emit('click', event);
+      });
+
+    });
+
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vislib/lib/handler/handler.js b/src/ui/public/vislib/lib/handler/handler.js
index e496c1b39271f..a74c627931860 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vislib/lib/handler/handler.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vislib/lib/handler/handler.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default function HandlerBaseClass(Private) {
     this.getProxyHandler = _.memoize(function (event) {
       let self = this;
       return function (e) {
-        self.vis.emit(event, e, vis.uiState);
+        self.vis.emit(event, e);
       };
     });
   }