diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/axes_editor.html b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/axes_editor.html
index 1ce4c3174b4..6160ef01fec 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/axes_editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/axes_editor.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class="gf-form">
 				<label class="gf-form-label width-6">Decimals</label>
-				<input type="number" class="gf-form-input max-width-20" placeholder="auto" bs-tooltip="'Override automatic decimal precision for y-axis'" data-placement="right" ng-model="yaxis.decimals" ng-change="ctrl.render()" ng-model-onblur>
+				<input type="number" class="gf-form-input max-width-20" placeholder="auto" empty-to-null bs-tooltip="'Override automatic decimal precision for y-axis'" data-placement="right" ng-model="yaxis.decimals" ng-change="ctrl.render()" ng-model-onblur>
 			</div>
 
 			<div class="gf-form">
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
index 723a92ad19b..f378e52a111 100755
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ function graphDirective($rootScope, timeSrv, popoverSrv, contextSrv) {
           show: panel.yaxes[0].show,
           index: 1,
           logBase: panel.yaxes[0].logBase || 1,
-          min: panel.yaxes[0].min ? _.toNumber(panel.yaxes[0].min) : null,
-          max: panel.yaxes[0].max ? _.toNumber(panel.yaxes[0].max) : null,
+          min: parseNumber(panel.yaxes[0].min),
+          max: parseNumber(panel.yaxes[0].max),
           tickDecimals: panel.yaxes[0].decimals
         };
 
@@ -510,9 +510,9 @@ function graphDirective($rootScope, timeSrv, popoverSrv, contextSrv) {
           secondY.show = panel.yaxes[1].show;
           secondY.logBase = panel.yaxes[1].logBase || 1;
           secondY.position = 'right';
-          secondY.min = panel.yaxes[1].min ? _.toNumber(panel.yaxes[1].min) : null;
-          secondY.max = panel.yaxes[1].max ? _.toNumber(panel.yaxes[1].max) : null;
-          secondY.tickDecimals = panel.yaxes[1].decimals !== null ? _.toNumber(panel.yaxes[1].decimals): null;
+          secondY.min = parseNumber(panel.yaxes[1].min);
+          secondY.max = parseNumber(panel.yaxes[1].max);
+          secondY.tickDecimals = panel.yaxes[1].decimals;
           options.yaxes.push(secondY);
 
           applyLogScale(options.yaxes[1], data);
@@ -522,6 +522,14 @@ function graphDirective($rootScope, timeSrv, popoverSrv, contextSrv) {
         configureAxisMode(options.yaxes[0], panel.percentage && panel.stack ? "percent" : panel.yaxes[0].format);
       }
 
+      function parseNumber(value: any) {
+        if (value === null || typeof value === 'undefined') {
+          return null;
+        }
+
+        return _.toNumber(value);
+      }
+
       function applyLogScale(axis, data) {
         if (axis.logBase === 1) {
           return;