diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RecordingRuleEditor.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RecordingRuleEditor.tsx
index 3fe2feb640f..60a0d44fe61 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RecordingRuleEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/RecordingRuleEditor.tsx
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ export const RecordingRuleEditor: FC<RecordingRuleEditorProps> = ({
         datasource: changedQuery.datasource,
         refId: changedQuery.refId,
         editorMode: changedQuery.editorMode,
-        instant: Boolean(changedQuery.instant),
-        range: Boolean(changedQuery.range),
+        // Instant and range are used by Prometheus queries
+        instant: changedQuery.instant,
+        range: changedQuery.range,
+        // Query type is used by Loki queries
+        queryType: changedQuery.queryType,
         legendFormat: changedQuery.legendFormat,
       },
     };