diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts
index d4e34e7fcbf..ce67c1410aa 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.test.ts
@@ -1801,6 +1801,16 @@ describe('DashboardModel', () => {
               },
             ],
           },
+          {
+            type: 'row',
+            id: 5,
+            panels: [
+              {
+                id: 6,
+                datasource: 'prom',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
         ],
       });
     });
@@ -1824,6 +1834,10 @@ describe('DashboardModel', () => {
     it('should update target datasource props to refs', () => {
       expect(model.panels[2].targets[0].datasource).toEqual({ type: 'prometheus', uid: 'mock-ds-2' });
     });
+
+    it('should update datasources in panels collapsed rows', () => {
+      expect(model.panels[3].panels[0].datasource).toEqual({ type: 'prometheus', uid: 'mock-ds-2' });
+    });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts
index 216eb4115a6..323428eb191 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardMigrator.ts
@@ -708,12 +708,11 @@ export class DashboardMigrator {
         variable.datasource = migrateDatasourceNameToRef(variable.datasource);
       }
 
-      // Mutate panel models
-      for (const panel of this.dashboard.panels) {
+      panelUpgrades.push((panel) => {
         panel.datasource = migrateDatasourceNameToRef(panel.datasource);
 
         if (!panel.targets) {
-          continue;
+          return panel;
         }
 
         for (const target of panel.targets) {
@@ -722,7 +721,9 @@ export class DashboardMigrator {
             target.datasource = targetRef;
           }
         }
-      }
+
+        return panel;
+      });
     }
 
     if (panelUpgrades.length === 0) {