diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts
index 7f8173f9cd9..3a1841e6b32 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager.ts
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ export class DashboardScenePageStateManager extends DashboardScenePageStateManag
     }
 
     if (rsp?.dashboard) {
-      const scene = transformSaveModelToScene(rsp);
+      const scene = transformSaveModelToScene(rsp, options);
 
       // Special handling for Template route - set up edit mode and dirty state
       if (
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
index 3c334b022c1..48763ba4363 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ import {
 } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardProfiler';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel';
 import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelModel';
-import { DashboardDTO, DashboardDataDTO } from 'app/types/dashboard';
+import { DashboardDTO, DashboardDataDTO, DashboardRoutes } from 'app/types/dashboard';
 
 import { addPanelsOnLoadBehavior } from '../addToDashboard/addPanelsOnLoadBehavior';
 import { dashboardAnalyticsInitializer } from '../behaviors/DashboardAnalyticsInitializerBehavior';
-import { shouldForceV2API } from '../pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager';
+import { LoadDashboardOptions, shouldForceV2API } from '../pages/DashboardScenePageStateManager';
 import { AlertStatesDataLayer } from '../scene/AlertStatesDataLayer';
 import { DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer } from '../scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer';
 import { DashboardControls } from '../scene/DashboardControls';
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ export interface SaveModelToSceneOptions {
   isEmbedded?: boolean;
 }
 
-export function transformSaveModelToScene(rsp: DashboardDTO): DashboardScene {
+export function transformSaveModelToScene(rsp: DashboardDTO, options?: LoadDashboardOptions): DashboardScene {
   // Just to have migrations run
   const oldModel = new DashboardModel(rsp.dashboard, rsp.meta);
 
-  const scene = createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel, rsp.dashboard);
+  const scene = createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel, rsp.dashboard, options);
   // TODO: refactor createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel to work on Dashboard schema model
 
   const apiVersion = config.featureToggles.kubernetesDashboards
@@ -255,12 +255,17 @@ function createRowItemFromLegacyRow(row: PanelModel, panels: DashboardGridItem[]
   return rowItem;
 }
 
-export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel: DashboardModel, dto: DashboardDataDTO) {
+export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(
+  oldModel: DashboardModel,
+  dto: DashboardDataDTO,
+  options?: LoadDashboardOptions
+) {
   let variables: SceneVariableSet | undefined;
   let annotationLayers: SceneDataLayerProvider[] = [];
   let alertStatesLayer: AlertStatesDataLayer | undefined;
   const uid = oldModel.uid;
-  const serializerVersion = shouldForceV2API() && !oldModel.meta.isSnapshot ? 'v2' : 'v1';
+  const isReport = options?.route === DashboardRoutes.Report;
+  const serializerVersion = shouldForceV2API() && !oldModel.meta.isSnapshot && !isReport ? 'v2' : 'v1';
 
   if (oldModel.meta.isSnapshot) {
     variables = createVariablesForSnapshot(oldModel);
@@ -348,7 +353,7 @@ export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel: DashboardModel,
 
   let body: DashboardLayoutManager;
 
-  if (config.featureToggles.dashboardNewLayouts && oldModel.panels.some((p) => p.type === 'row')) {
+  if (serializerVersion === 'v2' && oldModel.panels.some((p) => p.type === 'row')) {
     body = createRowsFromPanels(oldModel.panels);
   } else {
     body = new DefaultGridLayoutManager({