diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
index e5b3d5c615013..6bff1bd54fde9 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ export function maps(kibana) {
         server.log(['info', 'maps'], 'Maps app disabled by configuration');
         return;
       }
-      initTelemetryCollection(usageCollection, server);
 
       const coreSetup = server.newPlatform.setup.core;
       const newPlatformPlugins = server.newPlatform.setup.plugins;
@@ -131,6 +130,19 @@ export function maps(kibana) {
 
       const mapPluginSetup = new MapPlugin().setup(coreSetup, pluginsSetup, __LEGACY);
       server.expose('getMapConfig', mapPluginSetup.getMapConfig);
+
+      const { kbnServer } = server.plugins.xpack_main.status.plugin;
+      kbnServer.afterPluginsInit(() => {
+        // The code block below can't await directly within "afterPluginsInit"
+        // callback due to circular dependency. The server isn't "ready" until
+        // this code block finishes. Migrations wait for server to be ready before
+        // executing. Saved objects repository waits for migrations to finish before
+        // finishing the request. To avoid this, we'll await within a separate
+        // function block.
+        (() => {
+          initTelemetryCollection(usageCollection, server);
+        })();
+      });
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/mappings.json b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/mappings.json
index 7f80512980f0a..5e2e8c2c7e6e5 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/mappings.json
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/mappings.json
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@
   },
   "maps-telemetry": {
     "properties": {
+      "settings": {
+        "properties": {
+          "showMapVisualizationTypes": {
+            "type": "boolean"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "indexPatternsWithGeoFieldCount": {
+        "type": "long"
+      },
       "mapsTotalCount": {
         "type": "long"
       },
@@ -72,4 +82,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_usage_collector.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_usage_collector.js
index c4d755b5908f0..185c11d95fc31 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_usage_collector.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_usage_collector.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { TASK_ID, scheduleTask, registerMapsTelemetryTask } from './telemetry_task';
 
-export function initTelemetryCollection(usageCollection, server) {
+export async function initTelemetryCollection(usageCollection, server) {
   registerMapsTelemetryTask(server);
-  scheduleTask(server);
+  await scheduleTask(server);
   registerMapsUsageCollector(usageCollection, server);
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/telemetry_task.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/telemetry_task.js
index 78b04543e72f2..545415dd08c52 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/telemetry_task.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/telemetry_task.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const TELEMETRY_TASK_TYPE = 'maps_telemetry';
 
 export const TASK_ID = `Maps-${TELEMETRY_TASK_TYPE}`;
 
-export function scheduleTask(server) {
+export async function scheduleTask(server) {
   const taskManager = server.plugins.task_manager;
 
   if (!taskManager) {
@@ -18,27 +18,15 @@ export function scheduleTask(server) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const { kbnServer } = server.plugins.xpack_main.status.plugin;
-
-  kbnServer.afterPluginsInit(() => {
-    // The code block below can't await directly within "afterPluginsInit"
-    // callback due to circular dependency. The server isn't "ready" until
-    // this code block finishes. Migrations wait for server to be ready before
-    // executing. Saved objects repository waits for migrations to finish before
-    // finishing the request. To avoid this, we'll await within a separate
-    // function block.
-    (async () => {
-      try {
-        await taskManager.ensureScheduled({
-          id: TASK_ID,
-          taskType: TELEMETRY_TASK_TYPE,
-          state: { stats: {}, runs: 0 },
-        });
-      } catch(e) {
-        server.log(['warning', 'maps'], `Error scheduling telemetry task, received ${e.message}`);
-      }
-    })();
-  });
+  try {
+    await taskManager.ensureScheduled({
+      id: TASK_ID,
+      taskType: TELEMETRY_TASK_TYPE,
+      state: { stats: {}, runs: 0 },
+    });
+  } catch(e) {
+    server.log(['warning', 'maps'], `Error scheduling telemetry task, received ${e.message}`);
+  }
 }
 
 export function registerMapsTelemetryTask(server) {