diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RecentlyDeletedActions.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RecentlyDeletedActions.tsx
index 8df52a18f84..6e065e98220 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RecentlyDeletedActions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RecentlyDeletedActions.tsx
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ export function RecentlyDeletedActions() {
       .map(([uid]) => uid);
   }, [selectedItemsState.dashboard]);
 
-  const dashboardOrigin: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const selectedDashboardOrigin: string[] = [];
   if (searchState.result) {
     for (const selectedDashboard of selectedDashboards) {
       const index = searchState.result.view.fields.uid.values.findIndex((e) => e === selectedDashboard);
-      dashboardOrigin[selectedDashboard] = searchState.result.view.fields.location.values[index];
+      selectedDashboardOrigin.push(searchState.result.view.fields.location.values[index]);
     }
   }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function RecentlyDeletedActions() {
         component: RestoreModal,
         props: {
           selectedDashboards,
-          dashboardOrigin,
+          dashboardOrigin: selectedDashboardOrigin,
           onConfirm: onRestore,
           isLoading: isRestoreLoading,
         },
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RestoreModal.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RestoreModal.tsx
index e582370a773..d0e05e0dde7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RestoreModal.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/RestoreModal.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface RestoreModalProps {
   onConfirm: (restoreTarget: string) => Promise<void>;
   onDismiss: () => void;
   selectedDashboards: string[];
-  dashboardOrigin: { [key: string]: string };
+  dashboardOrigin: string[];
   isLoading: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ export const RestoreModal = ({
   const numberOfDashboards = selectedDashboards.length;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (Object.entries(dashboardOrigin).length === 1 && dashboardOrigin[selectedDashboards[0]] !== 'general') {
-      setRestoreTarget(dashboardOrigin[selectedDashboards[0]]);
+    // restoreTarget is used by the folder picker to preselect a folder and therefore enable the confirm button
+    // if there is only one dashboard selected or all selected dashboards come from the same folder
+    if (
+      dashboardOrigin.length > 0 &&
+      dashboardOrigin.every((originalLocation) => originalLocation === dashboardOrigin[0])
+    ) {
+      setRestoreTarget(dashboardOrigin[0]);
     }
   }, [dashboardOrigin, selectedDashboards]);