diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts
index 0546c3c6597..8d84a692b2e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ export class LokiDatasource
     );
   };
 
-  getRangeScopedVars(range: TimeRange = this.timeSrv.timeRange()) {
+  getRangeScopedVars(range: TimeRange = this.getTimeRange()) {
     const msRange = range.to.diff(range.from);
     const sRange = Math.round(msRange / 1000);
     return {