diff --git a/pkg/api/folder_test.go b/pkg/api/folder_test.go
index 23f08eca99d..24a448e451d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/folder_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/folder_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	acmock "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol/mock"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/guardian"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/mockstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web/webtest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -230,6 +232,14 @@ func createFolderScenario(t *testing.T, desc string, url string, routePattern st
 	cmd models.CreateFolderCommand, fn scenarioFunc) {
 	setUpRBACGuardian(t)
 	t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", desc, url), func(t *testing.T) {
+		aclMockResp := []*models.DashboardAclInfoDTO{}
+		dashSvc := &dashboards.FakeDashboardService{}
+		dashSvc.On("GetDashboardAclInfoList", mock.Anything, mock.AnythingOfType("*models.GetDashboardAclInfoListQuery")).Run(func(args mock.Arguments) {
+			q := args.Get(1).(*models.GetDashboardAclInfoListQuery)
+			q.Result = aclMockResp
+		}).Return(nil)
+		store := mockstore.NewSQLStoreMock()
+		guardian.InitLegacyGuardian(store, dashSvc)
 		hs := HTTPServer{
 			AccessControl: acmock.New(),
 			folderService: folderService,