diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go b/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go
index a837ec8bf63..e829d93ef14 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/sqleng/sql_engine.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func (e *DataSourceHandler) executeQuery(query backend.DataQuery, wg *sync.WaitG
 
 	// If no rows were returned, no point checking anything else.
 	if frame.Rows() == 0 {
-		queryResult.dataResponse.Frames = data.Frames{frame}
+		queryResult.dataResponse.Frames = data.Frames{}
 		ch <- queryResult
 		return
 	}