diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.test.ts
index 97a382f5fdb..76412500540 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.test.ts
@@ -66,12 +66,16 @@ describe('DashboardDatasource', () => {
   });
 
   it('Can subscribe to panel data + transforms', async () => {
+    jest.useFakeTimers();
+
     const { observable } = setup({ refId: 'A', panelId: 1, withTransforms: true });
 
     let rsp: DataQueryResponse | undefined;
 
     observable.subscribe({ next: (data) => (rsp = data) });
 
+    jest.runAllTimers();
+
     expect(rsp?.data[0].fields[1].values).toEqual([3]);
   });
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts
index b5bb41998be..a9e34586d4f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Observable, debounce, defer, finalize, first, interval, map, of } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable, debounce, debounceTime, defer, finalize, first, interval, map, of } from 'rxjs';
 
 import {
   DataSourceApi,
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export class DashboardDatasource extends DataSourceApi<DashboardQuery> {
       const cleanUp = activateSceneObjectAndParentTree(sourceDataProvider!);
 
       return sourceDataProvider!.getResultsStream!().pipe(
+        debounceTime(50),
         map((result) => {
           return {
             data: this.getDataFramesForQueryTopic(result.data, query),