diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/loki/testdata/empty.json b/pkg/tsdb/loki/testdata/empty.json
index 9e26dfeeb6e..1435490a78b 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/loki/testdata/empty.json
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/loki/testdata/empty.json
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-{}
\ No newline at end of file
+{
+  "frames": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file