diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/context.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/context.tsx
index a15853875a7..1a9aa76b37b 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/context.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/graphite/state/context.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export const GraphiteQueryEditorContext = ({
   if (!state) {
     dispatch(
       actions.init({
-        target: query,
+        target: { ...query },
         datasource: datasource,
         range: range,
         templateSrv: getTemplateSrv(),