1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/web/gui/dashboard.js b/web/gui/dashboard.js
index e7d99a151..a32a29be7 100644
--- a/web/gui/dashboard.js
+++ b/web/gui/dashboard.js
@@ -8118,10 +8118,10 @@ let chartState = function (element) {
     };
 
     this.chartDataUniqueID = function () {
-        return this.id + ',' + this.library_name + ',' + this.dimensions + ',' + this.chartURLOptions();
+        return this.id + ',' + this.library_name + ',' + this.dimensions + ',' + this.chartURLOptions(true);
     };
 
-    this.chartURLOptions = function () {
+    this.chartURLOptions = function (isForUniqueId) {
         let ret = '';
 
         if (this.override_options !== null) {
@@ -8136,7 +8136,9 @@ let chartState = function (element) {
 
         ret += '%7C' + 'jsonwrap';
 
-        if (NETDATA.options.current.eliminate_zero_dimensions) {
+        // always add `nonzero` when it's used to create a chartDataUniqueID
+        // we cannot just remove `nonzero` because of backwards compatibility with old snapshots
+        if (isForUniqueId || NETDATA.options.current.eliminate_zero_dimensions) {
             ret += '%7C' + 'nonzero';
         }