diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts
index 9179f772ee0..f0afaba7660 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts
@@ -1338,7 +1338,9 @@ export class DashboardModel implements TimeModel {
   hasAngularPlugins(): boolean {
     return this.panels.some((panel) => {
       // Return false for plugins that are angular but have angular.hideDeprecation = false
-      const isAngularPanel = panel.isAngularPlugin() && !panel.plugin?.meta.angular?.hideDeprecation;
+      // We cannot use panel.plugin.isAngularPlugin() because panel.plugin may not be initialized at this stage.
+      const isAngularPanel =
+        config.panels[panel.type]?.angular?.detected && !config.panels[panel.type]?.angular?.hideDeprecation;
       let isAngularDs = false;
       if (panel.datasource?.uid) {
         isAngularDs = isAngularDatasourcePluginAndNotHidden(panel.datasource?.uid);