diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/VariableQueryEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/VariableQueryEditor.tsx
index f5875f050eb..169380f039e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/VariableQueryEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/VariableQueryEditor.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ export const PromVariableQueryEditor = ({ onChange, query, datasource, range }:
 
   useEffect(() => {
     datasource.languageProvider.start(range);
-  }, [datasource.languageProvider, range]);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!query) {