diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
index 247951b82d4..4d5fd1afbcc 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.test.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ import { FieldMatcherID } from '../transformations';
 import { FieldConfigOptionsRegistry } from './FieldConfigOptionsRegistry';
 import { getFieldDisplayName } from './fieldState';
 import { locationUtil } from '../utils';
-const property1 = {
+
+const property1: any = {
   id: 'custom.property1', // Match field properties
   path: 'property1', // Match field properties
   isCustom: true,
   process: (value: any) => value,
   shouldApply: () => true,
-} as any;
+};
 
 const property2 = {
   id: 'custom.property2', // Match field properties
@@ -36,18 +37,26 @@ const property2 = {
   isCustom: true,
   process: (value: any) => value,
   shouldApply: () => true,
-} as any;
+};
 
-const property3 = {
+const property3: any = {
   id: 'custom.property3.nested', // Match field properties
   path: 'property3.nested', // Match field properties
   isCustom: true,
   process: (value: any) => value,
   shouldApply: () => true,
-} as any;
+};
+
+const shouldApplyFalse: any = {
+  id: 'custom.shouldApplyFalse', // Match field properties
+  path: 'shouldApplyFalse', // Match field properties
+  isCustom: true,
+  process: (value: any) => value,
+  shouldApply: () => false,
+};
 
 export const customFieldRegistry: FieldConfigOptionsRegistry = new Registry<FieldConfigPropertyItem>(() => {
-  return [property1, property2, property3, ...mockStandardProperties()];
+  return [property1, property2, property3, shouldApplyFalse, ...mockStandardProperties()];
 });
 
 describe('Global MinMax', () => {
@@ -353,6 +362,27 @@ describe('setDynamicConfigValue', () => {
     expect(config.custom.property1).toEqual('applied');
   });
 
+  it('applies overrides even when shouldApply returns false', () => {
+    const config: FieldConfig = {
+      custom: {},
+    };
+    setDynamicConfigValue(
+      config,
+      {
+        id: 'custom.shouldApplyFalse',
+        value: 'applied',
+      },
+      {
+        fieldConfigRegistry: customFieldRegistry,
+        data: [] as any,
+        field: { type: FieldType.number } as any,
+        dataFrameIndex: 0,
+      }
+    );
+
+    expect(config.custom.shouldApplyFalse).toEqual('applied');
+  });
+
   it('applies nested custom dynamic config values', () => {
     const config = {
       custom: {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts
index 51d10b4153c..189d962a971 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/field/fieldOverrides.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export interface FieldOverrideEnv extends FieldOverrideContext {
 export function setDynamicConfigValue(config: FieldConfig, value: DynamicConfigValue, context: FieldOverrideEnv) {
   const reg = context.fieldConfigRegistry;
   const item = reg.getIfExists(value.id);
-  if (!item || !item.shouldApply(context.field!)) {
+  if (!item) {
     return;
   }