diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.test.ts
index 2f708ef576c..62f1f51172a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.test.ts
@@ -74,4 +74,48 @@ describe('dashlist migrations', () => {
       folderUID: 'abc-124',
     });
   });
+
+  it("doesn't fail if the api request fails", async () => {
+    const spyConsoleWarn = jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation();
+
+    getMock.mockRejectedValue({
+      status: 403,
+      statusText: 'Forbidden',
+      data: {
+        accessErrorId: 'ACE0577385389',
+        message: "You'll need additional permissions to perform this action. Permissions needed: folders:read",
+        title: 'Access denied',
+      },
+      config: {
+        showErrorAlert: false,
+        method: 'GET',
+        url: 'api/folders/id/0',
+        retry: 0,
+        headers: {
+          'X-Grafana-Org-Id': 1,
+        },
+        hideFromInspector: true,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const basePanelOptions = {
+      showStarred: true,
+      showRecentlyViewed: true,
+      showSearch: true,
+      showHeadings: true,
+      maxItems: 7,
+      query: 'hello, query',
+      includeVars: false,
+      keepTime: false,
+      tags: [],
+      folderId: 77,
+    };
+    const panelModel = wellFormedPanelModel(basePanelOptions);
+
+    // We expect it to not reject
+    const newOptions = await dashlistMigrationHandler(panelModel);
+
+    expect(newOptions).toStrictEqual(basePanelOptions);
+    expect(spyConsoleWarn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.ts
index ce03112190f..25f420108d2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/migrations.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,17 @@ import { FolderDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { Options } from './panelcfg.gen';
 
-function getFolderByID(folderID: number) {
-  return getBackendSrv().get<FolderDTO>(`/api/folders/id/${folderID}`);
+async function getFolderUID(folderID: number): Promise<string> {
+  // folderID 0 is always the fake General/Dashboards folder, which always has a UID of empty string
+  if (folderID === 0) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  const folderDTO = await getBackendSrv().get<FolderDTO>(`/api/folders/id/${folderID}`, undefined, undefined, {
+    showErrorAlert: false,
+  });
+
+  return folderDTO.uid;
 }
 
 export interface AngularModel {
@@ -51,9 +60,15 @@ export async function dashlistMigrationHandler(panel: PanelModel<Options> & Angu
   // Convert the folderId to folderUID. Uses the API to do the conversion.
   if (newOptions.folderId !== undefined) {
     const folderId = newOptions.folderId;
-    const folderResp = await getFolderByID(folderId);
-    newOptions.folderUID = folderResp.uid;
-    delete newOptions.folderId;
+
+    // If converting ID to UID fails, the panel will not be migrated and will show incorrectly
+    try {
+      const folderUID = await getFolderUID(folderId);
+      newOptions.folderUID = folderUID;
+      delete newOptions.folderId;
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('Dashlist: Error migrating folder ID to UID', err);
+    }
   }
 
   return newOptions;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/module.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/module.tsx
index 13a438e14dc..6cbc76f964d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/module.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/module.tsx
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ export const plugin = new PanelPlugin<Options>(DashList)
         defaultValue: defaultOptions.query,
       })
       .addCustomEditor({
-        path: 'folderUid',
+        path: 'folderUID',
         name: 'Folder',
-        id: 'folderUid',
+        id: 'folderUID',
         defaultValue: undefined,
         editor: function RenderFolderPicker({ value, onChange }) {
           return <FolderPicker value={value} onChange={(folderUID) => onChange(folderUID)} />;