diff --git a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
index b1700f3d33d..0cdfa731f92 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/keybindingSrv.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import { getExploreUrl } from 'app/core/utils/explore';
+import locationUtil from 'app/core/utils/location_util';
 import { store } from 'app/store/store';
 
 import Mousetrap from 'mousetrap';
@@ -220,8 +221,10 @@ export class KeybindingSrv {
           const panel = dashboard.getPanelById(dashboard.meta.focusPanelId);
           const datasource = await this.datasourceSrv.get(panel.datasource);
           const url = await getExploreUrl(panel, panel.targets, datasource, this.datasourceSrv, this.timeSrv);
-          if (url) {
-            this.$timeout(() => this.$location.url(url));
+          const urlWithoutBase = locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(url);
+
+          if (urlWithoutBase) {
+            this.$timeout(() => this.$location.url(urlWithoutBase));
           }
         }
       });
diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts b/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
index 493372f1bca..0f8a0db60c7 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/explore.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ export async function getExploreUrl(
     const exploreState = JSON.stringify({ ...state, originPanelId: panel.id });
     url = renderUrl('/explore', { left: exploreState });
   }
-  return url;
+  const finalUrl = config.appSubUrl + url;
+  return finalUrl;
 }
 
 export function buildQueryTransaction(
diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
index ee13a440830..5dc612f86c7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
@@ -251,13 +251,6 @@ class MetricsPanelCtrl extends PanelCtrl {
     }
     return items;
   }
-
-  async explore() {
-    const url = await getExploreUrl(this.panel, this.panel.targets, this.datasource, this.datasourceSrv, this.timeSrv);
-    if (url) {
-      this.$timeout(() => this.$location.url(url));
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 export { MetricsPanelCtrl };
diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/specs/metrics_panel_ctrl.test.ts b/public/app/features/panel/specs/metrics_panel_ctrl.test.ts
index 061f361880e..3acbb694b74 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/specs/metrics_panel_ctrl.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/specs/metrics_panel_ctrl.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ jest.mock('app/core/config', () => {
         name: 'test',
       },
     },
+    config: {
+      appSubUrl: 'test',
+    },
   };
 });