diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
index c1a1cfe360..48859abe05 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
     const {min, max} = e.target.form
     const {axes} = this.state
 
-    this.setState({axes: {...axes, y: {bounds: [min.value, max.value]}}})
+    this.setState({
+      axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min.value, max.value]}},
+    })
     e.preventDefault()
   }