diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/datasource.ts
index 8b13d1eb3e2..5e66e97f407 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/datasource.ts
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ export default class CloudMonitoringDatasource extends DataSourceApi<CloudMonito
       metricQuery: {
         ...this.interpolateProps(metricQuery, scopedVars),
         projectName: this.templateSrv.replace(
-          metricQuery.projectName ? metricQuery.projectName : this.getDefaultProject()
+          metricQuery.projectName ? metricQuery.projectName : this.getDefaultProject(),
+          scopedVars
         ),
         filters: this.interpolateFilters(metricQuery.filters || [], scopedVars),
         groupBys: this.interpolateGroupBys(metricQuery.groupBys || [], scopedVars),