diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/directives/auto-size-module.js b/awx/ui/static/js/directives/auto-size-module.js
index daaec6442e..eee8e6b3e8 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/directives/auto-size-module.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/directives/auto-size-module.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 angular.module('DashboardGraphs')
-  .directive('autoSizeModule', ['$window', function($window) {
+  .directive('autoSizeModule', ['$window', '$timeout', function($window, $timeout) {
 
     // Adjusts the size of the module so that all modules
     // fit into a single a page; assumes there are 2 rows
@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@ angular.module('DashboardGraphs')
     // by the navbar & the count summaries module
     return function(scope, element, attr) {
 
+      // We need to trigger a resize on the first call
+      // to this when the view things load; but we don't want
+      // to trigger a global window resize for everything that
+      // has an auto resize, since they'll all pick it up with
+      // a single call
+      var triggerResize =
+        _.throttle(function() {
+          $($window).resize();
+        }, 1000);
+
+      function adjustSizeInitially() {
+        adjustSize();
+        triggerResize();
+      }
+
       function adjustSize() {
         var winHeight = $($window).height(),
         available_height = winHeight - $('#main-menu-container .navbar').outerHeight() - $('#count-container').outerHeight() - 120;
@@ -19,11 +34,18 @@ angular.module('DashboardGraphs')
         $($window).off('resize', adjustSize);
       });
 
+      // Wait a second or until dashboardReady triggers,
+      // whichever comes first. The timeout handles cases
+      // where dashboardReady never fires.
+
+      var dashboardReadyTimeout = $timeout(adjustSizeInitially, 500);
+
       // This makes sure count-container div is loaded
       // by controllers/Home.js before we use it
       // to determine the available window height
       scope.$on('dashboardReady', function() {
-        adjustSize();
+        $timeout.cancel(dashboardReadyTimeout);
+        adjustSizeInitially();
       });
 
     };