diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
index 8e595a4b67c..a793f1f537f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/Explore.tsx
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ export class Explore extends React.PureComponent<Props, ExploreState> {
           splitOpenFn={splitOpen}
           scrollElement={this.scrollElement}
           topOfExploreViewRef={this.topOfExploreViewRef}
+          queryResponse={queryResponse}
         />
       )
     );
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.test.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.test.tsx
index be916efcbb0..3ebd18bbad6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.test.tsx
@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ import { TraceView } from './TraceView';
 import { setDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { ExploreId } from 'app/types';
 import { TraceData, TraceSpanData } from '@jaegertracing/jaeger-ui-components/src/types/trace';
-import { MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
+import { getDefaultTimeRange, LoadingState, MutableDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
 import { configureStore } from '../../../store/configureStore';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 function renderTraceView(frames = [frameOld]) {
   const store = configureStore();
+  const mockPanelData = {
+    state: LoadingState.Done,
+    series: [],
+    timeRange: getDefaultTimeRange(),
+  };
+
   const { container, baseElement } = render(
     <Provider store={store}>
-      <TraceView exploreId={ExploreId.left} dataFrames={frames} splitOpenFn={() => {}} />
+      <TraceView exploreId={ExploreId.left} dataFrames={frames} splitOpenFn={() => {}} queryResponse={mockPanelData} />
     </Provider>
   );
   return {
@@ -146,9 +152,20 @@ describe('TraceView', () => {
 
   it('resets detail view for new trace with the identical spanID', () => {
     const store = configureStore();
+    const mockPanelData = {
+      state: LoadingState.Done,
+      series: [],
+      timeRange: getDefaultTimeRange(),
+    };
+
     const { rerender } = render(
       <Provider store={store}>
-        <TraceView exploreId={ExploreId.left} dataFrames={[frameOld]} splitOpenFn={() => {}} />
+        <TraceView
+          exploreId={ExploreId.left}
+          dataFrames={[frameOld]}
+          splitOpenFn={() => {}}
+          queryResponse={mockPanelData}
+        />
       </Provider>
     );
     const span = screen.getAllByText('', { selector: 'div[data-test-id="span-view"]' })[2];
@@ -158,7 +175,12 @@ describe('TraceView', () => {
 
     rerender(
       <Provider store={store}>
-        <TraceView exploreId={ExploreId.left} dataFrames={[frameNew]} splitOpenFn={() => {}} />
+        <TraceView
+          exploreId={ExploreId.left}
+          dataFrames={[frameNew]}
+          splitOpenFn={() => {}}
+          queryResponse={mockPanelData}
+        />
       </Provider>
     );
     expect(screen.queryByText(/Process/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.tsx
index 24a31dd3fdc..697a36b2578 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceView.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import {
   DataSourceApi,
   Field,
   LinkModel,
+  LoadingState,
   mapInternalLinkToExplore,
+  PanelData,
   SplitOpen,
   TraceSpanRow,
 } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ import { getDatasourceSrv } from 'app/features/plugins/datasource_srv';
 import { getTimeZone } from 'app/features/profile/state/selectors';
 import { StoreState } from 'app/types';
 import { ExploreId } from 'app/types/explore';
-import React, { RefObject, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { RefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { changePanelState } from '../state/explorePane';
 import { createSpanLinkFactory } from './createSpanLink';
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ type Props = {
   exploreId: ExploreId;
   scrollElement?: Element;
   topOfExploreViewRef?: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+  queryResponse: PanelData;
 };
 
 export function TraceView(props: Props) {
@@ -106,6 +109,12 @@ export function TraceView(props: Props) {
     [childrenHiddenIDs, detailStates, hoverIndentGuideIds, spanNameColumnWidth, traceProp?.traceID]
   );
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (props.queryResponse.state === LoadingState.Done) {
+      props.topOfExploreViewRef?.current?.scrollIntoView();
+    }
+  }, [props.queryResponse, props.topOfExploreViewRef]);
+
   const traceToLogsOptions = (getDatasourceSrv().getInstanceSettings(datasource?.name)?.jsonData as TraceToLogsData)
     ?.tracesToLogs;
   const createSpanLink = useMemo(
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceViewContainer.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceViewContainer.tsx
index 1f0123aa708..787be09db35 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceViewContainer.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/TraceView/TraceViewContainer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { RefObject } from 'react';
 import { Collapse } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { DataFrame, SplitOpen } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataFrame, PanelData, SplitOpen } from '@grafana/data';
 import { TraceView } from './TraceView';
 import { ExploreId } from 'app/types/explore';
 
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ interface Props {
   exploreId: ExploreId;
   scrollElement?: Element;
   topOfExploreViewRef?: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+  queryResponse: PanelData;
 }
 export function TraceViewContainer(props: Props) {
-  const { dataFrames, splitOpenFn, exploreId, scrollElement, topOfExploreViewRef } = props;
+  const { dataFrames, splitOpenFn, exploreId, scrollElement, topOfExploreViewRef, queryResponse } = props;
 
   return (
     <Collapse label="Trace View" isOpen>
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export function TraceViewContainer(props: Props) {
         splitOpenFn={splitOpenFn}
         scrollElement={scrollElement}
         topOfExploreViewRef={topOfExploreViewRef}
+        queryResponse={queryResponse}
       />
     </Collapse>
   );