diff --git a/pkg/api/datasources.go b/pkg/api/datasources.go
index 6fb22f305d5..0142cd8878d 100644
--- a/pkg/api/datasources.go
+++ b/pkg/api/datasources.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var datasourcesLogger = log.New("datasources")
+var secretsPluginError *models.ErrDatasourceSecretsPlugin
 
 func (hs *HTTPServer) GetDataSources(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 	query := models.GetDataSourcesQuery{OrgId: c.OrgId, DataSourceLimit: hs.Cfg.DataSourceLimit}
@@ -127,7 +128,6 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) DeleteDataSourceById(c *models.ReqContext) response.Respon
 
 	err = hs.DataSourcesService.DeleteDataSource(c.Req.Context(), cmd)
 	if err != nil {
-		var secretsPluginError *models.ErrDatasourceSecretsPlugin
 		if errors.As(err, &secretsPluginError) {
 			return response.Error(500, "Failed to delete datasource: "+err.Error(), err)
 		}
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) DeleteDataSourceByUID(c *models.ReqContext) response.Respo
 
 	err = hs.DataSourcesService.DeleteDataSource(c.Req.Context(), cmd)
 	if err != nil {
-		var secretsPluginError *models.ErrDatasourceSecretsPlugin
 		if errors.As(err, &secretsPluginError) {
 			return response.Error(500, "Failed to delete datasource: "+err.Error(), err)
 		}
@@ -220,7 +219,6 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) DeleteDataSourceByName(c *models.ReqContext) response.Resp
 	cmd := &models.DeleteDataSourceCommand{Name: name, OrgID: c.OrgId}
 	err := hs.DataSourcesService.DeleteDataSource(c.Req.Context(), cmd)
 	if err != nil {
-		var secretsPluginError *models.ErrDatasourceSecretsPlugin
 		if errors.As(err, &secretsPluginError) {
 			return response.Error(500, "Failed to delete datasource: "+err.Error(), err)
 		}
@@ -264,7 +262,6 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) AddDataSource(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 			return response.Error(409, err.Error(), err)
 		}
 
-		var secretsPluginError *models.ErrDatasourceSecretsPlugin
 		if errors.As(err, &secretsPluginError) {
 			return response.Error(500, "Failed to add datasource: "+err.Error(), err)
 		}
@@ -341,7 +338,6 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) updateDataSourceByID(c *models.ReqContext, ds *models.Data
 			return response.Error(409, "Datasource has already been updated by someone else. Please reload and try again", err)
 		}
 
-		var secretsPluginError *models.ErrDatasourceSecretsPlugin
 		if errors.As(err, &secretsPluginError) {
 			return response.Error(500, "Failed to update datasource: "+err.Error(), err)
 		}