diff --git a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop_spec.js b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop_spec.js
index 339ab1e382..6ab80569de 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop_spec.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/spec/javascripts/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop_spec.js
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ describe('newEntitiesFromDrop', () => {
 
     expect(result.a.children).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(Object.keys(result)).toHaveLength(3);
-    expect(result[newRowId].type).toBe(ROW_TYPE);
-    expect(result[newChartId].type).toBe(CHART_TYPE);
+    const newRow = result[newRowId];
+    expect(newRow.type).toBe(ROW_TYPE);
+    expect(newRow.parents).toEqual(['a']);
+    const newChart = result[newChartId];
+    expect(newChart.type).toBe(CHART_TYPE);
+    expect(newChart.parents).toEqual(['a', newRowId]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop.js b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop.js
index c0e515768b..3b3a9148eb 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/util/newEntitiesFromDrop.js
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ export default function newEntitiesFromDrop({ dropResult, layout }) {
     rowWrapper.children = [newDropChild.id];
     rowWrapper.parents = (dropEntity.parents || []).concat(dropEntity.id);
     newEntities[rowWrapper.id] = rowWrapper;
-    newDropChild = rowWrapper;
     newDropChild.parents = rowWrapper.parents.concat(rowWrapper.id);
+    newDropChild = rowWrapper;
   } else if (dragType === TABS_TYPE) {
     // create a new tab component
     const tabChild = newComponentFactory(TAB_TYPE);