diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/link_srv.ts b/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/link_srv.ts
index b24437366c6..a76eb6daefc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/link_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/link_srv.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ export class LinkSrv implements LinkService {
     }
 
     const info: LinkModel<T> = {
-      href: locationUtil.assureBaseUrl(href.replace(/\s|\n/g, '')),
+      href: locationUtil.assureBaseUrl(href.replace(/\n/g, '')),
       title: this.templateSrv.replace(link.title || '', scopedVars),
       target: link.targetBlank ? '_blank' : '_self',
       origin,
diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/specs/link_srv.test.ts b/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/specs/link_srv.test.ts
index a5f65c264fc..242959f347c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/specs/link_srv.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/panellinks/specs/link_srv.test.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,40 @@ describe('linkSrv', () => {
         ).href
       ).toEqual('/d/1?time=1000000001');
     });
+    it('should not trim white space from data links', () => {
+      expect(
+        linkSrv.getDataLinkUIModel(
+          {
+            title: 'White space',
+            url: 'www.google.com?query=some query',
+          },
+          {
+            __value: {
+              value: { time: dataPointMock.datapoint[0] },
+              text: 'Value',
+            },
+          },
+          {}
+        ).href
+      ).toEqual('www.google.com?query=some query');
+    });
+    it('should remove new lines from data link', () => {
+      expect(
+        linkSrv.getDataLinkUIModel(
+          {
+            title: 'New line',
+            url: 'www.google.com?query=some\nquery',
+          },
+          {
+            __value: {
+              value: { time: dataPointMock.datapoint[0] },
+              text: 'Value',
+            },
+          },
+          {}
+        ).href
+      ).toEqual('www.google.com?query=somequery');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('sanitization', () => {