diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
index 7daf962a701..9a55d4418e0 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
@@ -610,6 +610,9 @@ class SingleStatCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
           } else {
             elem.css('background-color', '');
           }
+        } else {
+          $panelContainer.css('background-color', '');
+          elem.css('background-color', '');
         }
       } else {
         $panelContainer.css('background-color', '');