diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.test.ts
index 22c43bd54a9..cc393af0760 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.test.ts
@@ -416,5 +416,6 @@ describe('interpolateQueryExpr', () => {
     const adhocFilter: AdHocVariableFilter[] = [{ key: 'bar', value: templateVarName, operator: '=' }];
     const result = ds.applyTemplateVariables(mockInfluxQueryRequest() as unknown as InfluxQuery, {}, adhocFilter);
     expect(result.tags![0].value).toBe(templateVarValue);
+    expect(result.adhocFilters![0].value).toBe(templateVarValue);
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
index e131991df7c..f24d9b1b4b8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
@@ -47,14 +47,7 @@ import { buildMetadataQuery } from './influxql_query_builder';
 import { prepareAnnotation } from './migrations';
 import { buildRawQuery, removeRegexWrapper } from './queryUtils';
 import ResponseParser from './response_parser';
-import {
-  DEFAULT_POLICY,
-  InfluxOptions,
-  InfluxQuery,
-  InfluxQueryTag,
-  InfluxVariableQuery,
-  InfluxVersion,
-} from './types';
+import { DEFAULT_POLICY, InfluxOptions, InfluxQuery, InfluxVariableQuery, InfluxVersion } from './types';
 import { InfluxVariableSupport } from './variables';
 
 export default class InfluxDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<InfluxQuery, InfluxOptions> {
@@ -206,12 +199,12 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<InfluxQuery,
     if (this.version === InfluxVersion.SQL || this.isMigrationToggleOnAndIsAccessProxy()) {
       query = this.applyVariables(query, variables, filters);
       if (query.adhocFilters?.length) {
-        const adhocFiltersToTags: InfluxQueryTag[] = (query.adhocFilters ?? []).map((af) => {
+        query.adhocFilters = (query.adhocFilters ?? []).map((af) => {
           const { condition, ...asTag } = af;
           asTag.value = this.templateSrv.replace(asTag.value ?? '', variables);
           return asTag;
         });
-        query.tags = [...(query.tags ?? []), ...adhocFiltersToTags];
+        query.tags = [...(query.tags ?? []), ...query.adhocFilters];
       }
     }