diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
index 250e17e8d595..06249cc088a6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,22 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       } as unknown) as Vis;
       expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
     });
+    it('vis is ineligible with no seriesParams', async () => {
+      const invalidVis = ({
+        params: {
+          type: 'pie',
+          categoryAxes: [
+            {
+              position: 'bottom',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        data: {
+          aggs: VALID_AGGS,
+        },
+      } as unknown) as Vis;
+      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
+    });
     it('vis is ineligible with valid type and disabled setting', async () => {
       uiSettingsMock.get.mockImplementation((key: string) => {
         return key !== PLUGIN_AUGMENTATION_ENABLE_SETTING;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
index 907867630cbe..702c83a6b59c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   buildExpression,
   ExpressionAstFunctionBuilder,
 } from '../../../../plugins/expressions/public';
-import { SavedObjectLoader } from '../../../../plugins/saved_objects/public';
 import {
   ISavedAugmentVis,
   SavedAugmentVisLoader,
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export const isEligibleForVisLayers = (vis: Vis): boolean => {
   // Only support date histogram and ensure there is only 1 x-axis and it has to be on the bottom.
   // Additionally to have a valid x-axis, there needs to be a segment aggregation
   const hasValidXaxis =
-    vis.data.aggs !== undefined &&
+    vis.data?.aggs !== undefined &&
     vis.data.aggs?.byTypeName('date_histogram').length === 1 &&
     vis.params.categoryAxes.length === 1 &&
     vis.params.categoryAxes[0].position === 'bottom' &&
@@ -37,12 +36,13 @@ export const isEligibleForVisLayers = (vis: Vis): boolean => {
   // multiple supported yaxis only. If there are other aggregation types, this is not
   // valid for augmentation
   const hasCorrectAggregationCount =
-    vis.data.aggs !== undefined &&
+    vis.data?.aggs !== undefined &&
     vis.data.aggs?.bySchemaName('metric').length > 0 &&
     vis.data.aggs?.bySchemaName('metric').length === vis.data.aggs?.aggs.length - 1;
   const hasOnlyLineSeries =
-    vis.params.seriesParams.every((seriesParam: { type: string }) => seriesParam.type === 'line') &&
-    vis.params.type === 'line';
+    vis.params?.seriesParams?.every(
+      (seriesParam: { type: string }) => seriesParam.type === 'line'
+    ) && vis.params?.type === 'line';
   // Checks if the augmentation setting is enabled
   const config = getUISettings();
   const isAugmentationEnabled = config.get(PLUGIN_AUGMENTATION_ENABLE_SETTING);
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js
index cf49ed4a5470..9a1bc6bcb946 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_view/vega_view.js
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ export class VegaView extends VegaBaseView {
           // to align the data / events. We do this by checking if padding is needed on the left
           // and/or right, and adding padding based on the y axis config.
           left:
-            leftValueAxisPadding && flyoutContext === VisFlyoutContext.EVENT_VIS ? yAxisPadding : 0,
+            leftValueAxisPadding &&
+            (flyoutContext === VisFlyoutContext.EVENT_VIS ||
+              flyoutContext === VisFlyoutContext.TIMELINE_VIS)
+              ? yAxisPadding
+              : 0,
           right:
             rightValueAxisPadding && flyoutContext === VisFlyoutContext.EVENT_VIS
               ? yAxisPadding