diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/ds_edit_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/ds_edit_ctrl.ts
index 6e05ddc36be..542e9cc3648 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/ds_edit_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/ds_edit_ctrl.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class DataSourceEditCtrl {
       this.backendSrv
         .withNoBackendCache(() => {
           return datasource
-            .testDatasource(this)
+            .testDatasource()
             .then(result => {
               this.testing.message = result.message;
               this.testing.status = result.status;