diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardPrompt.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardPrompt.tsx
index 59beb406ddb..6c0cde826f1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardPrompt.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/DashboardPrompt.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 
 import { SaveLibraryVizPanelModal } from '../panel-edit/SaveLibraryVizPanelModal';
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
-import { getLibraryPanelBehavior, isLibraryPanel } from '../utils/utils';
+import { getLibraryPanelBehavior, hasActualSaveChanges, isLibraryPanel } from '../utils/utils';
 
 interface DashboardPromptProps {
   dashboard: DashboardScene;
@@ -183,5 +183,5 @@ export function ignoreChanges(scene: DashboardScene | null) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  return !canSave || fromScript || fromFile;
+  return !canSave || fromScript || fromFile || (scene.state.isEditing && !hasActualSaveChanges(scene));
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
index 2a6d6abece9..371c2d51cd0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import {
   getDefaultVizPanel,
   getLayoutManagerFor,
   getPanelIdForVizPanel,
+  hasActualSaveChanges,
 } from '../utils/utils';
 import { SchemaV2EditorDrawer } from '../v2schema/SchemaV2EditorDrawer';
 
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
       return;
     }
 
-    if (!this.state.isDirty || skipConfirm) {
+    if (!this.state.isDirty || skipConfirm || !hasActualSaveChanges(this)) {
       this.exitEditModeConfirmed(restoreInitialState || this.state.isDirty);
       this.state.scopesBridge?.setReadOnly(false);
       return;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
index e4e302dd652..89add9b02c4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
@@ -468,3 +468,11 @@ export function useInterpolatedTitle<T extends SceneObjectState & { title?: stri
 export function getLayoutOrchestratorFor(scene: SceneObject): DashboardLayoutOrchestrator | undefined {
   return getDashboardSceneFor(scene).state.layoutOrchestrator;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if there are save changes but not counting time range, refresh rate and default variable value change
+ */
+export function hasActualSaveChanges(dashboard: DashboardScene) {
+  const changes = dashboard.getDashboardChanges();
+  return !!changes.diffCount;
+}