diff --git a/static/app/views/dashboards/detail.tsx b/static/app/views/dashboards/detail.tsx
index c667ac11c941f5..c9ec02c8b97223 100644
--- a/static/app/views/dashboards/detail.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/dashboards/detail.tsx
@@ -226,8 +226,13 @@ class DashboardDetail extends Component<Props, State> {
 
     if (
       prevProps.organization !== this.props.organization ||
-      prevProps.location !== this.props.location ||
-      prevProps.router !== this.props.router ||
+      // The only part of `location` used by `WidgetLegendSelectionState` is
+      // `unselectedSeries`. Don't bother comparing anything else. Once this
+      // component is a functional component, we'll move the selection state
+      // into a hook, and make sure it doesn't re-render too much.
+      prevProps.location.query.unselectedSeries !==
+        this.props.location.query.unselectedSeries ||
+      prevProps.navigate !== this.props.navigate ||
       prevProps.dashboard !== this.props.dashboard
     ) {
       this.setState({