diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index d3cf00326dd..ce962e677c8 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -1694,8 +1694,7 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "20"]
     ],
     "packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
     ],
     "packages/grafana-ui/src/components/StatsPicker/StatsPicker.story.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx
index 270b103aa9f..ba02f8db302 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Sparkline/Sparkline.tsx
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class Sparkline extends PureComponent<SparklineProps, State> {
     }
   }
 
-  getYRange(field: Field) {
+  getYRange(field: Field): Range.MinMax {
     let { min, max } = this.state.alignedDataFrame.fields[1].state?.range!;
 
     if (min === max) {
@@ -103,12 +103,11 @@ export class Sparkline extends PureComponent<SparklineProps, State> {
         min = 0;
         max! *= 2;
       }
+
+      return [min, max!];
     }
 
-    return [
-      Math.max(min!, field.config.min ?? -Infinity),
-      Math.min(max!, field.config.max ?? Infinity),
-    ] as Range.MinMax;
+    return [Math.max(min!, field.config.min ?? -Infinity), Math.min(max!, field.config.max ?? Infinity)];
   }
 
   prepareConfig(data: DataFrame) {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotScaleBuilder.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotScaleBuilder.ts
index 24c443f0807..89a1c036881 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotScaleBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/uPlot/config/UPlotScaleBuilder.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ export class UPlotScaleBuilder extends PlotConfigBuilder<ScaleProps, Scale> {
         minMax[1] = hardMax!;
       }
 
+      // guard against invalid y ranges
+      if (minMax[0]! >= minMax[1]!) {
+        minMax[0] = 0;
+        minMax[1] = 100;
+      }
+
       return minMax;
     };