diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/utils/tootltip.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/utils/tootltip.ts
index 07c75dd0c5b..703f96009dd 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/utils/tootltip.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/geomap/utils/tootltip.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@ export const pointerMoveListener = (evt: MapBrowserEvent<MouseEvent>, panel: Geo
   if (panel.state.measureMenuActive) {
     return true;
   }
-  if (!panel.map || panel.state.ttipOpen) {
+
+  // Eject out of this function if map is not loaded or valid tooltip is already open
+  if (!panel.map || (panel.state.ttipOpen && panel.state?.ttip?.layers?.length)) {
     return false;
   }
+
   const mouse = evt.originalEvent;
   const pixel = panel.map.getEventPixel(mouse);
   const hover = toLonLat(panel.map.getCoordinateFromPixel(pixel));