diff --git a/public/app/routes/dashboard_loaders.ts b/public/app/routes/dashboard_loaders.ts
index 3642b54c790..b33d5b6afb1 100644
--- a/public/app/routes/dashboard_loaders.ts
+++ b/public/app/routes/dashboard_loaders.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ export class LoadDashboardCtrl {
         const url = locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(result.meta.url);
 
         if (url !== $location.path()) {
+          // replace url to not create additional history items and then return so that initDashboard below isn't executed multiple times.
           $location.path(url).replace();
+          return;
         }
       }