diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
index 4bcc5f32726..4377d634982 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, kbn, ElasticQueryBuilder, IndexPattern, ElasticRes
     };
 
     this.testDatasource = function() {
+      timeSrv.setTime({ from: 'now-1m', to: 'now' });
       return this._get('/_stats').then(function() {
         return { status: "success", message: "Data source is working", title: "Success" };
       }, function(err) {