diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
index cb56a761ab9..6a8b8788798 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/BrowseDashboardsPage.tsx
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ const BrowseDashboardsPage = memo(() => {
 
   const hasSelection = useHasSelection();
 
-  const { data: rootFolder } = useGetFolderQuery('general');
-  let folder = folderDTO ? folderDTO : rootFolder;
+  // Fetch the root (aka general) folder if we're not in a specific folder
+  const { data: rootFolderDTO } = useGetFolderQuery(folderDTO ? skipToken : 'general');
+  const folder = folderDTO ?? rootFolderDTO;
+
   const { canEditFolders, canEditDashboards, canCreateDashboards, canCreateFolders } = getFolderPermissions(folder);
   const hasAdminRights = contextSrv.hasRole('Admin') || contextSrv.isGrafanaAdmin;
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
index 073e7a51946..915c1aa5896 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
@@ -66,12 +66,15 @@ interface HardDeleteDashboardArgs {
 
 function createBackendSrvBaseQuery({ baseURL }: { baseURL: string }): BaseQueryFn<RequestOptions> {
   async function backendSrvBaseQuery(requestOptions: RequestOptions) {
+    // Suppress error pop-up for root (aka 'general') folder
+    const isGeneralFolder = requestOptions.url === `/folders/general`;
+    requestOptions = isGeneralFolder ? { ...requestOptions, showErrorAlert: false } : requestOptions;
+
     try {
       const { data: responseData, ...meta } = await lastValueFrom(
         getBackendSrv().fetch({
           ...requestOptions,
           url: baseURL + requestOptions.url,
-          showErrorAlert: requestOptions.showErrorAlert,
         })
       );
       return { data: responseData, meta };