diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/state/actions.ts
index 7b413148bd5..bde2d105533 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/state/actions.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ export function panelEditorCleanUp(): ThunkResult<void> {
       modifiedSaveModel.id = sourcePanel.id;
 
       sourcePanel.restoreModel(modifiedSaveModel);
+      sourcePanel.configRev++; // force check the configs
 
       // Loaded plugin is not included in the persisted properties
       // So is not handled by restoreModel