diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
index 8037cafb3e6..d169cf56edf 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath, kbn, templatingVariable) {
         var t = angular.copy(target);
         var scopedVar = {};
         scopedVar[variable.name] = v;
+        t.refId = target.refId + '_' + v.value;
         t.dimensions[dimensionKey] = templateSrv.replace(t.dimensions[dimensionKey], scopedVar);
         return t;
       }).value();