diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.test.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.test.tsx
index 60be5c483a0..fc48b6ef55a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.test.tsx
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ describe('LogRow', () => {
         logRowUid: 'log-row-id',
         datasourceType: 'unknown',
       });
+      expect(scrollIntoView).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
     it('highlights row with same permalink-id', () => {
@@ -104,11 +105,18 @@ describe('LogRow', () => {
       expect(scrollIntoView).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it('not calls `scrollIntoView` if permalink does not match', () => {
+    it('does not call `scrollIntoView` if permalink does not match', () => {
       const scrollIntoView = jest.fn();
       setup({ permalinkedRowId: 'wrong-log-row-id', scrollIntoView });
       expect(scrollIntoView).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
+
+    it('calls `scrollIntoView` once', async () => {
+      const scrollIntoView = jest.fn();
+      setup({ permalinkedRowId: 'log-row-id', scrollIntoView });
+      await userEvent.hover(screen.getByText('test123'));
+      expect(scrollIntoView).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
   });
 
   it('should render the menu cell on mouse over', async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx
index 90c28510c64..3a38064dc50 100644
--- a/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/logs/components/LogRow.tsx
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ class UnThemedLogRow extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       return;
     }
 
-    // at this point this row is the permalinked row, so we need to scroll to it and highlight it if possible.
-    if (this.logLineRef.current && scrollIntoView) {
-      scrollIntoView(this.logLineRef.current);
-    }
     if (!this.state.highlightBackround) {
+      // at this point this row is the permalinked row, so we need to scroll to it and highlight it if possible.
+      if (this.logLineRef.current && scrollIntoView) {
+        scrollIntoView(this.logLineRef.current);
+      }
       reportInteraction('grafana_explore_logs_permalink_opened', {
         datasourceType: row.datasourceType ?? 'unknown',
         logRowUid: row.uid,