diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/meta_query.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/meta_query.ts
index 9217edb755b..e5f8ad73ebe 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/meta_query.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/meta_query.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export class MysqlMetaQuery {
     ) AS value_column
   FROM information_schema.tables t
   WHERE
+    t.table_schema = database() AND
     EXISTS
     ( SELECT 1
       FROM information_schema.columns c