diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.test.tsx
index d2138cc8b57..bb4488f705f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.test.tsx
@@ -753,6 +753,20 @@ describe('DashboardScene', () => {
         expect(gridItem.state.body!.state.key).toBe('panel-7');
       });
 
+      it('Should maintain size of duplicated panel', () => {
+        const gItem = (scene.state.body as SceneGridLayout).state.children[0] as DashboardGridItem;
+        gItem.setState({ height: 1 });
+        const vizPanel = gItem.state.body;
+        scene.duplicatePanel(vizPanel as VizPanel);
+
+        const body = scene.state.body as SceneGridLayout;
+        const newGridItem = body.state.children[5] as DashboardGridItem;
+
+        expect(body.state.children.length).toBe(6);
+        expect(newGridItem.state.body!.state.key).toBe('panel-7');
+        expect(newGridItem.state.height).toBe(1);
+      });
+
       it('Should duplicate a library panel', () => {
         const libraryPanel = ((scene.state.body as SceneGridLayout).state.children[4] as DashboardGridItem).state.body;
         const vizPanel = (libraryPanel as LibraryVizPanel).state.panel;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
index bf14cc0c422..c050e66ec37 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> {
       newGridItem = new DashboardGridItem({
         x: gridItem.state.x,
         y: gridItem.state.y,
-        height: NEW_PANEL_HEIGHT,
-        width: NEW_PANEL_WIDTH,
+        height: gridItem.state.height,
+        width: gridItem.state.width,
         body: new VizPanel({ ...panelState, $data: panelData, key: getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(newPanelId) }),
       });
     }