diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelSearchLayout.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelSearchLayout.tsx
index 343ccef5d8d..4334ef92114 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelSearchLayout.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelSearchLayout.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { SceneGridLayout, VizPanel, sceneGraph } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { VizPanel, sceneGraph } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { activateInActiveParents } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { DashboardGridItem } from './DashboardGridItem';
 import { DashboardScene } from './DashboardScene';
+import { DefaultGridLayoutManager } from './layout-default/DefaultGridLayoutManager';
 
 export interface Props {
   dashboard: DashboardScene;
@@ -25,11 +26,13 @@ export function PanelSearchLayout({ dashboard, panelSearch = '', panelsPerRow }:
   const panels: VizPanel[] = [];
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
-  if (!(body instanceof SceneGridLayout)) {
+  const bodyGrid = body instanceof DefaultGridLayoutManager ? body.state.grid : null;
+
+  if (!bodyGrid) {
     return <Trans i18nKey="panel-search.unsupported-layout">Unsupported layout</Trans>;
   }
 
-  for (const gridItem of body.state.children) {
+  for (const gridItem of bodyGrid.state.children) {
     if (gridItem instanceof DashboardGridItem) {
       const panel = gridItem.state.body;
       const interpolatedTitle = sceneGraph.interpolate(dashboard, panel.state.title).toLowerCase();