diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
index 7d4274c8d50..f1db05cabe8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class PostgresDatasource {
     this.jsonData = instanceSettings.jsonData;
     this.responseParser = new ResponseParser(this.$q);
     this.queryModel = new PostgresQuery({});
-    this.interval = instanceSettings.jsonData.timeInterval;
+    this.interval = (instanceSettings.jsonData || {}).timeInterval;
   }
 
   interpolateVariable(value, variable) {