diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportFromDSRules.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportFromDSRules.tsx
index e795327e6cb..06f52706ae0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportFromDSRules.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/import-to-gma/ImportFromDSRules.tsx
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ const ImportFromDSRules = () => {
                         render={({ field: { onChange, ref, ...field } }) => (
                           <Stack width={42}>
                             <NestedFolderPicker
+                              permission="view"
                               showRootFolder={false}
                               invalid={!!errors.targetFolder?.message}
                               {...field}
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderSelector.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderSelector.tsx
index 0010aaa10fe..7f4fd9aa81f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderSelector.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/FolderSelector.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export function FolderSelector() {
               render={({ field: { ref, ...field } }) => (
                 <div style={{ width: 420 }}>
                   <NestedFolderPicker
+                    permission="view"
                     showRootFolder={false}
                     invalid={!!errors.folder?.message}
                     {...field}