diff --git a/public/app/core/profiler.ts b/public/app/core/profiler.ts
index eb05672ec2c..9b07a1b379d 100644
--- a/public/app/core/profiler.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/profiler.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ export class Profiler {
   renderingCompleted(panelId, panelTimings) {
     // add render counter to root scope
     // used by phantomjs render.js to know when panel has rendered
-    this.$rootScope.panelsRendered = this.panelsRendered + 1;
+    this.panelsRendered = (this.panelsRendered || 0) + 1;
+    this.$rootScope.panelsRendered = this.panelsRendered;
 
     if (this.enabled) {
       panelTimings.renderEnd = new Date().getTime();