diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/query_ctrl.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/query_ctrl.ts
index 43096b2ec36..7e853564cc3 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/query_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/query_ctrl.ts
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ export class OpenTsQueryCtrl extends QueryCtrl {
       this.target.downsampleFillPolicy = 'none';
     }
 
+    var self = this;
     this.datasource.getAggregators().then(function(aggs) {
-      this.aggregators = aggs;
+      self.aggregators = aggs;
     });
 
     // needs to be defined here as it is called from typeahead