diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
index 2d76314a1cb..3d583fe25e1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ export function buildGridItemForPanel(panel: PanelModel): DashboardGridItem {
 
   const vizPanelState: VizPanelState = {
     key: getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(panel.id),
-    title: panel.title,
+    title: panel.title?.substring(0, 5000),
     description: panel.description,
     pluginId: panel.type,
     options: panel.options ?? {},
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/DashboardGrid.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/DashboardGrid.tsx
index f265fe4f52a..608adb06b9a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/DashboardGrid.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashgrid/DashboardGrid.tsx
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export class DashboardGrid extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       if (!panel.key) {
         panel.key = `panel-${panel.id}-${Date.now()}`;
       }
+      panel.title = panel.title?.substring(0, 5000);
       this.panelMap[panel.key] = panel;
 
       if (!panel.gridPos) {