diff --git a/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/map/service_settings.js b/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/map/service_settings.js
index a32b75f268902..70c5602f049db 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/map/service_settings.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vis/__tests__/map/service_settings.js
@@ -321,5 +321,13 @@ describe('service_settings (FKA tilemaptest)', function () {
       expect(fileLayers).to.eql(expected);
     });
 
+    it ('should get hotlink', async () => {
+      mapConfig.emsLandingPageUrl = 'https://foo/bar';
+      const fileLayers = await serviceSettings.getFileLayers();
+      const hotlink = serviceSettings.getEMSHotLink(fileLayers[0]);
+      expect(hotlink).to.eql('https://foo/bar#file/US States');
+
+    });
+
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vis/map/service_settings.js b/src/ui/public/vis/map/service_settings.js
index 3b0c2d9302ae2..532e5e210c1bd 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vis/map/service_settings.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/vis/map/service_settings.js
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ uiModules.get('kibana')
         }
       }
 
-      async getEMSHotLink(fileLayer) {
+      getEMSHotLink(fileLayer) {
         const id = `file/${fileLayer.name}`;
         return `${mapConfig.emsLandingPageUrl}#${id}`;
       }