diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard.go b/pkg/api/dashboard.go
index b24fb2584c4..6628b7830bc 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard.go
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ func GetDashboard(c *m.ReqContext) Response {
 		meta.FolderUrl = query.Result.GetUrl()
 	}
 
-	dpQuery := &m.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId{DashboardId: dash.Id}
-	err = bus.Dispatch(dpQuery)
+	isDashboardProvisioned := &m.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery{DashboardId: dash.Id}
+	err = bus.Dispatch(isDashboardProvisioned)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Error(500, "Error while checking if dashboard is provisioned", err)
 	}
 
-	if dpQuery.Result != nil {
+	if isDashboardProvisioned.Result {
 		meta.CanEdit = true
 		meta.Provisioned = true
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go b/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go
index c84a9707edb..ccde2382787 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ func TestDashboardApiEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil
 		})
 
-		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-			query.Result = nil
+		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+			query.Result = false
 			return nil
 		})
 
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ func TestDashboardApiEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 		fakeDash.HasAcl = true
 		setting.ViewersCanEdit = false
 
-		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-			query.Result = nil
+		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+			query.Result = false
 			return nil
 		})
 
@@ -635,8 +635,8 @@ func TestDashboardApiEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 		dashTwo.FolderId = 3
 		dashTwo.HasAcl = false
 
-		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-			query.Result = nil
+		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+			query.Result = false
 			return nil
 		})
 
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ func TestDashboardApiEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 			return nil
 		})
 
-		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-			query.Result = nil
+		bus.AddHandler("test", func(query *m.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+			query.Result = false
 			return nil
 		})
 
diff --git a/pkg/models/dashboards.go b/pkg/models/dashboards.go
index 916adc909ef..9fbcd57b88a 100644
--- a/pkg/models/dashboards.go
+++ b/pkg/models/dashboards.go
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ var (
 	ErrDashboardInvalidUid                     = errors.New("uid contains illegal characters")
 	ErrDashboardUidToLong                      = errors.New("uid to long. max 40 characters")
 	ErrDashboardCannotSaveProvisionedDashboard = errors.New("Cannot save provisioned dashboard")
-	ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist       = errors.New("Dashboard provisioning does not exist")
-	RootFolderName                             = "General"
+	//ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist       = errors.New("Dashboard provisioning does not exist")
+	RootFolderName = "General"
 )
 
 type UpdatePluginDashboardError struct {
@@ -319,10 +319,10 @@ type GetDashboardSlugByIdQuery struct {
 	Result string
 }
 
-type GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId struct {
+type IsDashboardProvisionedQuery struct {
 	DashboardId int64
 
-	Result *DashboardProvisioning
+	Result bool
 }
 
 type GetProvisionedDashboardDataQuery struct {
diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service.go
index 0f17270419f..ad93509eef3 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service.go
@@ -93,11 +93,17 @@ func (dr *dashboardServiceImpl) buildSaveDashboardCommand(dto *SaveDashboardDTO,
 		}
 	}
 
-	err := dr.validateDashboardIsNotProvisioned(dash.Id)
+	isDashboardProvisioned := &models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery{DashboardId: dash.Id}
+	err := bus.Dispatch(isDashboardProvisioned)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if isDashboardProvisioned.Result {
+		return nil, models.ErrDashboardCannotSaveProvisionedDashboard
+	}
+
 	validateBeforeSaveCmd := models.ValidateDashboardBeforeSaveCommand{
 		OrgId:     dto.OrgId,
 		Dashboard: dash,
@@ -134,23 +140,6 @@ func (dr *dashboardServiceImpl) buildSaveDashboardCommand(dto *SaveDashboardDTO,
 	return cmd, nil
 }
 
-func (dr *dashboardServiceImpl) validateDashboardIsNotProvisioned(dashboardId int64) error {
-	dpQuery := &models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId{DashboardId: dashboardId}
-	err := bus.Dispatch(dpQuery)
-
-	// provisioned dashboards cannot be saved. So we can only save
-	// this dashboard if ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist is returned
-	if err != nil && err != models.ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err == nil {
-		return models.ErrDashboardCannotSaveProvisionedDashboard
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (dr *dashboardServiceImpl) updateAlerting(cmd *models.SaveDashboardCommand, dto *SaveDashboardDTO) error {
 	alertCmd := models.UpdateDashboardAlertsCommand{
 		OrgId:     dto.OrgId,
diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service_test.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service_test.go
index 65c9cabcdc5..0db9fe82b60 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/dashboard_service_test.go
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ func TestDashboardService(t *testing.T) {
 					return nil
 				})
 
-				bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-					return models.ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist
+				bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+					cmd.Result = false
+					return nil
 				})
 
 				testCases := []struct {
@@ -84,8 +85,8 @@ func TestDashboardService(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 
 			Convey("Should return validation error if dashboard is provisioned", func() {
-				bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-					cmd.Result = &models.DashboardProvisioning{}
+				bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+					cmd.Result = true
 					return nil
 				})
 
@@ -105,8 +106,9 @@ func TestDashboardService(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 
 			Convey("Should return validation error if alert data is invalid", func() {
-				bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-					return models.ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist
+				bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+					cmd.Result = false
+					return nil
 				})
 
 				bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.ValidateDashboardAlertsCommand) error {
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning.go
index b28b2fa1a53..33fbb01c5b7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type DashboardExtras struct {
 	Value       string
 }
 
-func GetProvisionedDataByDashboardId(cmd *models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
+func GetProvisionedDataByDashboardId(cmd *models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
 	result := &models.DashboardProvisioning{}
 
 	exist, err := x.Where("dashboard_id = ?", cmd.DashboardId).Get(result)
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ func GetProvisionedDataByDashboardId(cmd *models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashbo
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if !exist {
-		return models.ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist
-	}
-
-	cmd.Result = result
+	cmd.Result = exist
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning_test.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning_test.go
index 4bafbbff8ca..7ef45df3152 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_provisioning_test.go
@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ func TestDashboardProvisioningTest(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 
 			Convey("Can query for one provisioned dashboard", func() {
-				query := &models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId{DashboardId: cmd.Result.Id}
+				query := &models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery{DashboardId: cmd.Result.Id}
 
 				err := GetProvisionedDataByDashboardId(query)
 				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 
-				So(query.Result.DashboardId, ShouldEqual, cmd.Result.Id)
-				So(query.Result.Updated, ShouldEqual, now.Unix())
+				So(query.Result, ShouldBeTrue)
 			})
 
-			Convey("Can query for one provisioned dashboard2", func() {
-				query := &models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId{DashboardId: 3000}
+			Convey("Can query for none provisioned dashboard", func() {
+				query := &models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery{DashboardId: 3000}
 
 				err := GetProvisionedDataByDashboardId(query)
-				So(err, ShouldEqual, models.ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(query.Result, ShouldBeFalse)
 			})
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_service_integration_test.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_service_integration_test.go
index 75405558412..bbc9128d692 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_service_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/dashboard_service_integration_test.go
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ func TestIntegratedDashboardService(t *testing.T) {
 				return nil
 			})
 
-			bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.GetProvisionedDashboardByDashboardId) error {
-				return models.ErrDashboardProvisioningDoesNotExist
+			bus.AddHandler("test", func(cmd *models.IsDashboardProvisionedQuery) error {
+				cmd.Result = false
+				return nil
 			})
 
 			savedFolder := saveTestFolder("Saved folder", testOrgId)