diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
index 2a2a8838564..fea2aa9ee89 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<InfluxQuery,
   }
 
   async getRetentionPolicies(): Promise<string[]> {
-    if (this.retentionPolicies.length) {
+    // Only For InfluxQL Mode
+    if (this.isFlux || this.retentionPolicies.length) {
       return Promise.resolve(this.retentionPolicies);
     } else {
       return getAllPolicies(this).catch((err) => {