diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
index 3c0b9e5342a..f76a41bfa86 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class SingleStatCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
   }
 
   onDataError(err) {
-    this.onDataReceived({data: []});
+    this.onDataReceived([]);
   }
 
   onDataReceived(dataList) {