diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts
index fedc4e17fd2..c1764522d32 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts
@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ describe('DashboardModel', () => {
                 dashUri: '',
                 title: 'test',
               },
+              {
+                type: 'dashboard',
+                keepTime: true,
+              },
             ],
           },
         ],
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts
index e7811c6dcff..c57d75ab754 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts
@@ -643,6 +643,11 @@ function upgradePanelLink(link: any): DataLink {
     url = `/dashboard/${link.dashUri}`;
   }
 
+  // some models are incomplete and have no dashboard or dashUri
+  if (!url) {
+    url = '/';
+  }
+
   if (link.keepTime) {
     url = appendQueryToUrl(url, `$${DataLinkBuiltInVars.keepTime}`);
   }