diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/usePanel.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/usePanel.ts
index efb0f3cdd1..f9ebe97064 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/usePanel.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/ui/hooks/usePanel.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ export const usePanel = (arg: UsePanelOptions): UsePanelReturn => {
        *
        * For now, we'll just resize the panel to the min size every time the panel group is resized.
        */
-      panelHandleRef.current.resize(minSizePct);
+      if (!panelHandleRef.current.isCollapsed()) {
+        panelHandleRef.current.resize(minSizePct);
+      }
     });
 
     resizeObserver.observe(panelGroupElement);