diff --git a/public/app/core/services/backend_srv.ts b/public/app/core/services/backend_srv.ts
index 1dac7e529fa..ba4951b8d85 100644
--- a/public/app/core/services/backend_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/services/backend_srv.ts
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ export class BackendSrv implements BackendService {
       queryParams.set('accesscontrol', 'true');
     }
 
-    return this.get<FolderDTO>(`/api/folders/${uid}?${queryParams.toString()}`);
+    return this.get<FolderDTO>(`/api/folders/${uid}?${queryParams.toString()}`, undefined, undefined, {
+      showErrorAlert: false,
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
index 5a347f99cb2..b2975758d84 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
@@ -449,10 +449,14 @@ function updateStatePageNavFromProps(props: Props, state: State): State {
   if (folderUid && pageNav) {
     if (newBrowseDashboardsEnabled()) {
       const folderNavModel = getNavModel(navIndex, `folder-dashboards-${folderUid}`).main;
-      pageNav = {
-        ...pageNav,
-        parentItem: folderNavModel,
-      };
+      // If the folder hasn't loaded (maybe user doesn't have permission on it?) then
+      // don't show the "page not found" breadcrumb
+      if (folderNavModel.id !== 'not-found') {
+        pageNav = {
+          ...pageNav,
+          parentItem: folderNavModel,
+        };
+      }
     } else {
       // Check if folder changed
       if (folderTitle && pageNav.parentItem?.text !== folderTitle) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
index b22bea87820..eae608bdaa2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
@@ -93,8 +93,13 @@ async function fetchDashboard(
         // get parent folder (if it exists) and put it in the store
         // this will be used to populate the full breadcrumb trail
         if (newBrowseDashboardsEnabled() && dashDTO.meta.folderUid) {
-          await dispatch(getFolderByUid(dashDTO.meta.folderUid));
+          try {
+            await dispatch(getFolderByUid(dashDTO.meta.folderUid));
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.warn('Error fetching parent folder', dashDTO.meta.folderUid, 'for dashboard', err);
+          }
         }
+
         if (args.fixUrl && dashDTO.meta.url && !playlistSrv.isPlaying) {
           // check if the current url is correct (might be old slug)
           const dashboardUrl = locationUtil.stripBaseFromUrl(dashDTO.meta.url);