diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_filter.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_filter.go
index 7a8e1c169fd..643d43ba43c 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_filter.go
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ func (timeSeriesFilter *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter) parseResponse(queryRes
 
 					frameName := formatLegendKeys(series.Metric.Type, defaultMetricName, nil, additionalLabels, timeSeriesFilter)
 					valueField.Name = frameName
+					valueField.Labels = seriesLabels
+					setDisplayNameAsFieldName(valueField)
+
 					buckets[i] = &data.Frame{
 						Name: frameName,
 						Fields: []*data.Field{
@@ -198,6 +201,9 @@ func (timeSeriesFilter *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter) parseResponse(queryRes
 					valueField := data.NewField(data.TimeSeriesValueFieldName, nil, []float64{})
 					frameName := formatLegendKeys(series.Metric.Type, defaultMetricName, seriesLabels, additionalLabels, timeSeriesFilter)
 					valueField.Name = frameName
+					valueField.Labels = seriesLabels
+					setDisplayNameAsFieldName(valueField)
+
 					buckets[i] = &data.Frame{
 						Name: frameName,
 						Fields: []*data.Field{
@@ -259,6 +265,7 @@ func (timeSeriesFilter *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter) handleNonDistributionSe
 	dataField := frame.Fields[1]
 	dataField.Name = metricName
 	dataField.Labels = seriesLabels
+	setDisplayNameAsFieldName(dataField)
 }
 
 func (timeSeriesFilter *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter) parseToAnnotations(queryRes *tsdb.QueryResult, data cloudMonitoringResponse, title string, text string, tags string) error {
@@ -359,6 +366,13 @@ func (timeSeriesFilter *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter) buildDeepLink() string
 	return accountChooserURL.String()
 }
 
+func setDisplayNameAsFieldName(f *data.Field) {
+	if f.Config == nil {
+		f.Config = &data.FieldConfig{}
+	}
+	f.Config.DisplayNameFromDS = f.Name
+}
+
 func (timeSeriesFilter *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter) getRefID() string {
 	return timeSeriesFilter.RefID
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_query.go
index 91087ad7820..a9dcd6ae79b 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudmonitoring/time_series_query.go
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ func (timeSeriesQuery cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesQuery) parseResponse(queryRes *ts
 				metricName := formatLegendKeys(d.Key, defaultMetricName, seriesLabels, nil, &cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter{ProjectName: timeSeriesQuery.ProjectName, AliasBy: timeSeriesQuery.AliasBy})
 				dataField := frame.Fields[1]
 				dataField.Name = metricName
+				dataField.Labels = seriesLabels
+				setDisplayNameAsFieldName(dataField)
 
 				frames = append(frames, frame)
 				continue
@@ -190,6 +192,9 @@ func (timeSeriesQuery cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesQuery) parseResponse(queryRes *ts
 
 						frameName := formatLegendKeys(d.Key, defaultMetricName, nil, additionalLabels, &cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter{ProjectName: timeSeriesQuery.ProjectName, AliasBy: timeSeriesQuery.AliasBy})
 						valueField.Name = frameName
+						valueField.Labels = seriesLabels
+						setDisplayNameAsFieldName(valueField)
+
 						buckets[i] = &data.Frame{
 							Name: frameName,
 							Fields: []*data.Field{
@@ -215,6 +220,9 @@ func (timeSeriesQuery cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesQuery) parseResponse(queryRes *ts
 						valueField := data.NewField(data.TimeSeriesValueFieldName, nil, []float64{})
 						frameName := formatLegendKeys(d.Key, defaultMetricName, seriesLabels, additionalLabels, &cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesFilter{ProjectName: timeSeriesQuery.ProjectName, AliasBy: timeSeriesQuery.AliasBy})
 						valueField.Name = frameName
+						valueField.Labels = seriesLabels
+						setDisplayNameAsFieldName(valueField)
+
 						buckets[i] = &data.Frame{
 							Name: frameName,
 							Fields: []*data.Field{