diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go
index b458656404a..39f91c1caea 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifier.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/imguploader"