diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/components/MetricSection.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/components/MetricSection.tsx
index 5c62f2ecf06..2ca39e4a19d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/components/MetricSection.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/components/MetricSection.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function MetricSection({ query, onChange, onRunQuery, suggestMetrics, agg
           placeholder="Metric name"
           allowCustomValue
           loadOptions={metricSearch}
-          defaultOptions={[]}
+          defaultOptions={true}
           onChange={({ value }) => {
             if (value) {
               onChange({ ...query, metric: value });