diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx
index dccaafedd2f..2e0a734a1ed 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/NotificationPoliciesList.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ export const NotificationPoliciesList = () => {
     }
     return;
   }, [defaultPolicy]);
-  const routeProvenance = defaultPolicy?.provenance;
 
   // useAsync could also work but it's hard to wait until it's done in the tests
   // Combining with useEffect gives more predictable results because the condition is in useEffect
@@ -245,7 +244,6 @@ export const NotificationPoliciesList = () => {
             currentRoute={defaults(rootRoute, TIMING_OPTIONS_DEFAULTS)}
             contactPointsState={contactPointsState.receivers}
             readOnly={!hasConfigurationAPI}
-            provenance={routeProvenance}
             alertManagerSourceName={selectedAlertmanager}
             onAddPolicy={openAddModal}
             onEditPolicy={openEditModal}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.test.tsx
index 1bec449dd6f..1cf56f156e2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.test.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   AlertmanagerGroup,
   MatcherOperator,
   ObjectMatcher,
+  ROUTES_META_SYMBOL,
   RouteWithID,
 } from 'app/plugins/datasource/alertmanager/types';
 
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ describe('Policy', () => {
       id: 'test-route',
       receiver: 'test-receiver',
       routes: [],
+      [ROUTES_META_SYMBOL]: { provenance: KnownProvenance.File },
     };
 
     renderPolicy(
@@ -351,7 +353,6 @@ describe('Policy', () => {
         onAddPolicy={noop}
         onDeletePolicy={noop}
         onShowAlertInstances={noop}
-        provenance={KnownProvenance.File}
       />
     );
 
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ describe('Policy', () => {
       id: 'test-route',
       receiver: 'test-receiver',
       routes: [],
+      [ROUTES_META_SYMBOL]: { provenance: KnownProvenance.ConvertedPrometheus },
     };
 
     renderPolicy(
@@ -377,13 +379,38 @@ describe('Policy', () => {
         onAddPolicy={noop}
         onDeletePolicy={noop}
         onShowAlertInstances={noop}
-        provenance={KnownProvenance.ConvertedPrometheus}
       />
     );
 
     const badge = screen.getByText('Imported');
     expect(badge).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('correctly identifies provisioned status from ROUTES_META_SYMBOL', () => {
+    const mockRoute: RouteWithID = {
+      id: 'test-route',
+      receiver: 'test-receiver',
+      routes: [],
+      [ROUTES_META_SYMBOL]: { provenance: KnownProvenance.File },
+    };
+
+    renderPolicy(
+      <Policy
+        isDefaultPolicy
+        currentRoute={mockRoute}
+        contactPointsState={mockReceiversState()}
+        alertManagerSourceName={GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME}
+        onEditPolicy={noop}
+        onAddPolicy={noop}
+        onDeletePolicy={noop}
+        onShowAlertInstances={noop}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('Provisioned')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // Verify add/edit buttons are disabled
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /new child policy/i })).toBeDisabled();
+  });
 });
 
 // Doesn't matter which path the routes use, it just needs to match the initialEntries history entry to render the element
@@ -510,13 +537,17 @@ describe('useCreateDropdownMenuActions', () => {
         [true, true],
         [true, true],
       ]);
+      // Create route with provenance in metadata or top-level to match real usage
+      const routeWithProvenance: RouteWithID = provenance
+        ? { ...currentRoute, [ROUTES_META_SYMBOL]: { provenance } }
+        : currentRoute;
       const { result } = renderHook(() =>
         useCreateDropdownMenuActions(
           isAutoGenerated,
           isDefaultPolicy,
           provenance,
           openDetailModal,
-          currentRoute,
+          routeWithProvenance,
           toggleShowExportDrawer,
           onDeletePolicy
         )
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
index adb537b16a3..def301c6df8 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/notification-policies/Policy.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ interface PolicyComponentProps {
   receivers?: Receiver[];
   contactPointsState?: ReceiversState;
   readOnly?: boolean;
-  provenance?: string;
   inheritedProperties?: InheritableProperties;
   routesMatchingFilters?: RoutesMatchingFilters;
 
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ const Policy = (props: PolicyComponentProps) => {
     receivers = [],
     contactPointsState,
     readOnly = false,
-    provenance,
     alertManagerSourceName,
     currentRoute,
     inheritedProperties,
@@ -109,7 +107,8 @@ const Policy = (props: PolicyComponentProps) => {
 
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
-  // Compute provisioned status from provenance
+  // Derive provenance from route metadata or top-level (consistent with child handling)
+  const provenance = currentRoute[ROUTES_META_SYMBOL]?.provenance ?? currentRoute.provenance;
   const provisioned = isProvisionedResource(provenance);
 
   const contactPoint = currentRoute.receiver;
@@ -364,9 +363,6 @@ const Policy = (props: PolicyComponentProps) => {
                 then the child policy should not be editable either */
               const isThisChildReadOnly = readOnly || provisioned || isAutoGenerated;
 
-              // Extract provenance from child route (can be in metadata symbol or top-level)
-              const childProvenance = child[ROUTES_META_SYMBOL]?.provenance ?? child.provenance;
-
               return (
                 <Policy
                   key={child.id}
@@ -383,7 +379,6 @@ const Policy = (props: PolicyComponentProps) => {
                   routesMatchingFilters={routesMatchingFilters}
                   matchingInstancesPreview={matchingInstancesPreview}
                   isAutoGenerated={isThisChildAutoGenerated}
-                  provenance={childProvenance}
                 />
               );
             })}