diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/variable_srv.ts b/public/app/features/templating/variable_srv.ts
index ac2948dbd4b..022203b9eb9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/variable_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/variable_srv.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class VariableSrv {
 
   addVariable(model) {
     var variable = this.createVariableFromModel(model);
-    this.variables.push(this.createVariableFromModel(variable));
+    this.variables.push(variable);
     return variable;
   }