diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards.go
index 79c3caecd0f..60ba597aa40 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards.go
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ import (
 
 // getDimensionValues gets the actual dimension values for dimensions with a wildcard
 func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx context.Context, pluginCtx backend.PluginContext, region string,
-	client models.CloudWatchMetricsAPIProvider, origQueries []*models.CloudWatchQuery, tagValueCache *cache.Cache) ([]*models.CloudWatchQuery, error) {
-	instance, err := e.getInstance(ctx, pluginCtx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	metricsClient := clients.NewMetricsClient(client, instance.Settings.GrafanaSettings.ListMetricsPageLimit)
+	client models.CloudWatchMetricsAPIProvider, origQueries []*models.CloudWatchQuery, tagValueCache *cache.Cache, listMetricsPageLimit int) ([]*models.CloudWatchQuery, error) {
+	metricsClient := clients.NewMetricsClient(client, listMetricsPageLimit)
 	service := services.NewListMetricsService(metricsClient)
 	// create copies of the original query. All the fields besides Dimensions are primitives
 	queries := copyQueries(origQueries)
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards_test.go
index 68514ccc684..3dbd5021e56 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/get_dimension_values_for_wildcards_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestGetDimensionValuesForWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 		query := getBaseQuery()
 		query.MetricName = "Test_MetricName1"
 		query.Dimensions = map[string][]string{"Test_DimensionName1": {"Value1"}}
-		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", nil, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache)
+		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", nil, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache, 50)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, queries, 1)
 		assert.NotNil(t, queries[0].Dimensions["Test_DimensionName1"], 1)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestGetDimensionValuesForWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 		query := getBaseQuery()
 		query.MetricName = "Test_MetricName1"
 		query.Dimensions = map[string][]string{"Test_DimensionName1": {"*"}}
-		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", nil, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache)
+		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", nil, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache, 50)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, queries, 1)
 		assert.NotNil(t, queries[0].Dimensions["Test_DimensionName1"])
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestGetDimensionValuesForWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 			{MetricName: utils.Pointer("Test_MetricName4"), Dimensions: []*cloudwatch.Dimension{{Name: utils.Pointer("Test_DimensionName1"), Value: utils.Pointer("Value2")}}},
 		}}
 		api.On("ListMetricsPagesWithContext").Return(nil)
-		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache)
+		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache, 50)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, queries, 1)
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"Test_DimensionName1": {"Value1", "Value2", "Value3", "Value4"}}, queries[0].Dimensions)
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ func TestGetDimensionValuesForWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 			{MetricName: utils.Pointer("Test_MetricName"), Dimensions: []*cloudwatch.Dimension{{Name: utils.Pointer("Test_DimensionName"), Value: utils.Pointer("Value")}}},
 		}}
 		api.On("ListMetricsPagesWithContext").Return(nil)
-		_, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache)
+		_, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache, 50)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		// make sure the original query wasn't altered
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"Test_DimensionName": {"*"}}, query.Dimensions)
 
 		//setting the api to nil confirms that it's using the cached value
-		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", nil, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache)
+		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", nil, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache, 50)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, queries, 1)
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"Test_DimensionName": {"Value"}}, queries[0].Dimensions)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestGetDimensionValuesForWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 		query.MatchExact = false
 		api := &mocks.MetricsAPI{Metrics: []*cloudwatch.Metric{}}
 		api.On("ListMetricsPagesWithContext").Return(nil)
-		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache)
+		queries, err := executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache, 50)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, queries, 1)
 		// assert that the values was set to an empty array
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestGetDimensionValuesForWildcards(t *testing.T) {
 			{MetricName: utils.Pointer("Test_MetricName"), Dimensions: []*cloudwatch.Dimension{{Name: utils.Pointer("Test_DimensionName2"), Value: utils.Pointer("Value")}}},
 		}
 		api.On("ListMetricsPagesWithContext").Return(nil)
-		queries, err = executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache)
+		queries, err = executor.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, pluginCtx, "us-east-1", api, []*models.CloudWatchQuery{query}, tagValueCache, 50)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, queries, 1)
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string][]string{"Test_DimensionName2": {"Value"}}, queries[0].Dimensions)
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go
index eafb9b11a80..c392694d618 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/time_series_query.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) executeTimeSeriesQuery(ctx context.Context, req *ba
 				}
 
 				if features.IsEnabled(ctx, features.FlagCloudWatchWildCardDimensionValues) {
-					requestQueries, err = e.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, req.PluginContext, region, client, requestQueries, instance.tagValueCache)
+					requestQueries, err = e.getDimensionValuesForWildcards(ctx, req.PluginContext, region, client, requestQueries, instance.tagValueCache, instance.Settings.GrafanaSettings.ListMetricsPageLimit)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}