diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/render_complete/render_complete_dispatcher.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/render_complete/render_complete_dispatcher.ts
index 7d6acf953d69b..8ae5cfbe0ca84 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/render_complete/render_complete_dispatcher.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/render_complete/render_complete_dispatcher.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ export class RenderCompleteDispatcher {
   }
 
   public setEl(el?: HTMLElement) {
-    this.el = el;
-    this.count = 0;
+    if (this.el !== el) {
+      this.el = el;
+      this.count = 0;
+    }
     if (el) this.dispatchInProgress();
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@ export class RenderCompleteDispatcher {
   public dispatchError() {
     if (!this.el) return;
     this.count++;
-    this.el.setAttribute('data-render-complete', 'false');
+    this.el.setAttribute('data-render-complete', 'true');
+    this.el.setAttribute('data-loading', 'false');
     this.el.setAttribute('data-rendering-count', String(this.count));
   }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/embeddable/embeddable.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/embeddable/embeddable.tsx
index d972d85476a17..5bfc0c7608db0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/embeddable/embeddable.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/embeddable/embeddable.tsx
@@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ export class Embeddable
   }
 
   onContainerStateChanged(containerState: LensEmbeddableInput) {
-    if (this.handleContainerStateChanged(containerState) || this.errors?.length) this.reload();
+    if (this.handleContainerStateChanged(containerState)) {
+      this.reload();
+    }
   }
 
   handleContainerStateChanged(containerState: LensEmbeddableInput): boolean {
@@ -705,12 +707,19 @@ export class Embeddable
 
     this.domNode.setAttribute('data-shared-item', '');
 
+    const error = this.getError();
+
     this.updateOutput({
       ...this.getOutput(),
       loading: true,
-      error: this.getError(),
+      error,
     });
-    this.renderComplete.dispatchInProgress();
+
+    if (error) {
+      this.renderComplete.dispatchError();
+    } else {
+      this.renderComplete.dispatchInProgress();
+    }
 
     const input = this.getInput();