diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.test.ts
index 78af574e426..a48b861781b 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createTheme, FieldType, createDataFrame, toDataFrame } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LineInterpolation } from '@grafana/ui';
 
 import { prepareGraphableFields } from './utils';
 
@@ -142,4 +143,39 @@ describe('prepare timeseries graph', () => {
     `);
     expect(frames![0].length).toEqual(6);
   });
+
+  describe('boolean fields', () => {
+    it('will set line interpolation to an appropriate mode for boolean fields', () => {
+      const df = createDataFrame({
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time, values: [1, 2, 3] },
+          { name: 'a', type: FieldType.boolean, values: [true, false, true] },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      const frames = prepareGraphableFields([df], createTheme());
+      const field = frames![0].fields.find((f) => f.name === 'a');
+      expect(field?.config.custom.lineInterpolation).toEqual(LineInterpolation.StepAfter);
+      expect(df.fields[1].config?.custom).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    // #112194 - mutating this value directly can cause a memory leak
+    it('does not mutate the underlying lineInterpolation value', () => {
+      const df = createDataFrame({
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'time', type: FieldType.time, values: [1, 2, 3] },
+          {
+            name: 'a',
+            type: FieldType.boolean,
+            values: [true, false, true],
+            config: { custom: { lineInterpolation: LineInterpolation.Smooth } },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      const frames = prepareGraphableFields([df], createTheme());
+      expect(df.fields[1].config.custom.lineInterpolation).toEqual(LineInterpolation.Smooth);
+      expect(frames![0].fields[1].config.custom.lineInterpolation).toEqual(LineInterpolation.StepAfter);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.ts
index 2975ff8a219..ac2f7e425ae 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/timeseries/utils.ts
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ export function prepareGraphableFields(
             ...field.config,
             max: 1,
             min: 0,
-            custom,
+            custom: { ...custom },
           };
 
           // smooth and linear do not make sense
-          if (custom.lineInterpolation !== LineInterpolation.StepBefore) {
-            custom.lineInterpolation = LineInterpolation.StepAfter;
+          if (config.custom.lineInterpolation !== LineInterpolation.StepBefore) {
+            config.custom.lineInterpolation = LineInterpolation.StepAfter;
           }
 
           copy = {