diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
index b64d53efb..ae839c96f 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
@@ -352,12 +352,15 @@ export default class NodesChart extends React.Component {
     log(`graph layout took ${timedLayouter.time}ms`);
 
     // inject metrics and save coordinates for restore
-    const layoutNodes = graph.nodes
-      .mergeDeep(stateNodes)
+    let layoutNodes = graph.nodes
       .map(node => node.merge({
         px: node.get('x'),
         py: node.get('y')
       }));
+
+    // Re-apply in case layout runner's node cache applied stale node metadata
+    layoutNodes = layoutNodes.mergeDeep(stateNodes);
+
     const layoutEdges = graph.edges
       .map(edge => edge.set('ppoints', edge.get('points')));