diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/query_variable.ts b/public/app/features/templating/query_variable.ts
index 5ee9f0609bc..c67a4d09209 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/query_variable.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/query_variable.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class QueryVariable implements Variable {
 
   defaults = {
     type: 'query',
+    label: null,
     query: '',
     regex: '',
     sort: 0,