diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
index b8ee1cff372..c10299f2354 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,12 @@ class MetricsPanelCtrl extends PanelCtrl {
       result = { data: [] };
     }
 
+    // Some data is not an array (like table annotations)
+    if (!Array.isArray(result.data)) {
+      this.events.emit('data-received', result.data);
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Make sure the data is TableData | TimeSeries
     const data = result.data.map(v => {
       if (isSeriesData(v)) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/table/module.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/table/module.ts
index 24f396918d6..19eda953ecd 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/table/module.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/table/module.ts
@@ -95,11 +95,7 @@ class TablePanelCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
           range: this.range,
         })
         .then((anno: any) => {
-          this.loading = false;
-          this.dataRaw = anno;
-          this.pageIndex = 0;
-          this.render();
-          return { data: this.dataRaw }; // Not used
+          return { data: anno };
         });
     }