diff --git a/public/app/core/logs_model.test.ts b/public/app/core/logs_model.test.ts
index a2e0f9da9c5..1fc68c61359 100644
--- a/public/app/core/logs_model.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/logs_model.test.ts
@@ -871,6 +871,36 @@ describe('logSeriesToLogsModel', () => {
       },
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('should correctly get the log level if the message has ANSI color', () => {
+    const logSeries: DataFrame[] = [
+      toDataFrame({
+        fields: [
+          {
+            name: 'ts',
+            type: FieldType.time,
+            values: ['1970-01-01T00:00:01Z'],
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'line',
+            type: FieldType.string,
+            values: ['Line with ANSI \u001B[31mwarn\u001B[0m et dolor'],
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'id',
+            type: FieldType.string,
+            values: ['0'],
+          },
+        ],
+        refId: 'A',
+        meta: {},
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    const logsModel = dataFrameToLogsModel(logSeries, 0);
+    expect(logsModel.rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(logsModel.rows[0].logLevel).toEqual(LogLevel.warn);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('getSeriesProperties()', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/core/logs_model.ts b/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
index 9b36631eb86..2dd5eae8ae0 100644
--- a/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/logs_model.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ export function logSeriesToLogsModel(logSeries: DataFrame[]): LogsModel | undefi
       const hasUnescapedContent = !!message.match(/\\n|\\t|\\r/);
 
       const searchWords = series.meta && series.meta.searchWords ? series.meta.searchWords : [];
+      const entry = hasAnsi ? ansicolor.strip(message) : message;
 
       let logLevel = LogLevel.unknown;
       if (logLevelField && logLevelField.values.get(j)) {
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ export function logSeriesToLogsModel(logSeries: DataFrame[]): LogsModel | undefi
       } else if (seriesLogLevel) {
         logLevel = seriesLogLevel;
       } else {
-        logLevel = getLogLevel(message);
+        logLevel = getLogLevel(entry);
       }
       rows.push({
         entryFieldIndex: stringField.index,
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ export function logSeriesToLogsModel(logSeries: DataFrame[]): LogsModel | undefi
         hasAnsi,
         hasUnescapedContent,
         searchWords,
-        entry: hasAnsi ? ansicolor.strip(message) : message,
+        entry,
         raw: message,
         labels: stringField.labels || {},
         uid: idField ? idField.values.get(j) : j.toString(),