diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
index ef3b4893e31a6..27e17e0f511c8 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardPage.tsx
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ export const DashboardPage: FC<PageProps> = ({ idOrSlug }: PageProps) => {
       const isOldRison = getUrlParam(URL_PARAMS.nativeFilters);
 
       let dataMask = nativeFilterKeyValue || {};
-      let activeTabs: string[] | undefined = [];
+      // activeTabs is initialized with undefined so that it doesn't override
+      // the currently stored value when hydrating
+      let activeTabs: string[] | undefined;
       if (permalinkKey) {
         const permalinkValue = await getPermalinkValue(permalinkKey);
         if (permalinkValue) {