diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.test.ts
index c1a7172044f..276c82e9d5c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { AppEvents } from '@grafana/data';
-import { SceneGridLayout, SceneQueryRunner, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { SceneGridLayout, SceneGridRow, SceneQueryRunner, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import { KioskMode } from 'app/types';
 
 import { DashboardGridItem } from './DashboardGridItem';
 import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
+import { RowRepeaterBehavior } from './RowRepeaterBehavior';
 import { DashboardRepeatsProcessedEvent } from './types';
 
 describe('DashboardSceneUrlSync', () => {
@@ -108,6 +109,35 @@ describe('DashboardSceneUrlSync', () => {
     scene.publishEvent(new DashboardRepeatsProcessedEvent({ source: scene }));
     expect(scene.state.viewPanelScene?.getUrlKey()).toBe('panel-1-clone-1');
   });
+
+  it('should subscribe and update view panel if panel is in a repeated row', () => {
+    const scene = buildTestScene();
+
+    // fake adding row panel
+    const layout = scene.state.body as SceneGridLayout;
+    layout.setState({
+      children: [
+        new SceneGridRow({
+          $behaviors: [new RowRepeaterBehavior({ variableName: 'test' })],
+          children: [
+            new VizPanel({
+              title: 'Panel A',
+              key: 'panel-1',
+              pluginId: 'table',
+            }),
+          ],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    scene.urlSync?.updateFromUrl({ viewPanel: 'panel-1' });
+
+    expect(scene.state.viewPanelScene?.getUrlKey()).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Verify it subscribes to DashboardRepeatsProcessedEvent
+    scene.publishEvent(new DashboardRepeatsProcessedEvent({ source: scene }));
+    expect(scene.state.viewPanelScene?.getUrlKey()).toBe('panel-1');
+  });
 });
 
 function buildTestScene() {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.ts
index 16189017918..a169d05a60f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardSceneUrlSync.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ import { buildPanelEditScene } from '../panel-edit/PanelEditor';
 import { createDashboardEditViewFor } from '../settings/utils';
 import { ShareDrawer } from '../sharing/ShareDrawer/ShareDrawer';
 import { ShareModal } from '../sharing/ShareModal';
-import { findVizPanelByKey, getDashboardSceneFor, getLibraryPanel, isPanelClone } from '../utils/utils';
+import {
+  findVizPanelByKey,
+  getDashboardSceneFor,
+  getLibraryPanel,
+  isPanelClone,
+  isWithinUnactivatedRepeatRow,
+} from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { DashboardScene, DashboardSceneState } from './DashboardScene';
 import { LibraryVizPanel } from './LibraryVizPanel';
@@ -121,6 +127,11 @@ export class DashboardSceneUrlSync implements SceneObjectUrlSyncHandler {
         return;
       }
 
+      if (isWithinUnactivatedRepeatRow(panel)) {
+        this._handleViewRepeatClone(values.viewPanel);
+        return;
+      }
+
       update.viewPanelScene = new ViewPanelScene({ panelRef: panel.getRef() });
     } else if (viewPanelScene && values.viewPanel === null) {
       update.viewPanelScene = undefined;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
index 105a0844e6d..0da64d3f52a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 import { LibraryVizPanel } from '../scene/LibraryVizPanel';
 import { VizPanelLinks, VizPanelLinksMenu } from '../scene/PanelLinks';
 import { panelMenuBehavior } from '../scene/PanelMenuBehavior';
+import { RowRepeaterBehavior } from '../scene/RowRepeaterBehavior';
 import { RowActions } from '../scene/row-actions/RowActions';
 
 import { dashboardSceneGraph } from './dashboardSceneGraph';
@@ -261,3 +262,22 @@ export function getLibraryPanel(vizPanel: VizPanel): LibraryVizPanel | undefined
   }
   return;
 }
+
+/**
+ * If the panel is within a repeated row, it must wait until the row resolves the variables.
+ * This ensures that the scoped variable for the row is assigned and the panel is initialized with them.
+ */
+export function isWithinUnactivatedRepeatRow(panel: VizPanel): boolean {
+  let row;
+
+  try {
+    row = sceneGraph.getAncestor(panel, SceneGridRow);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const hasBehavior = !!(row.state.$behaviors && row.state.$behaviors.find((b) => b instanceof RowRepeaterBehavior));
+  const hasVariables = !!(row.state.$variables && row.state.$variables.state.variables.length > 0);
+
+  return hasBehavior && !hasVariables;
+}