diff --git a/public/app/features/variables/pickers/OptionsPicker/reducer.ts b/public/app/features/variables/pickers/OptionsPicker/reducer.ts
index 5525babc55b..a3b30b93867 100644
--- a/public/app/features/variables/pickers/OptionsPicker/reducer.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/variables/pickers/OptionsPicker/reducer.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { ALL_VARIABLE_VALUE } from '../../constants';
 import { isMulti, isQuery } from '../../guard';
 
 // https://catonmat.net/my-favorite-regex :)
-const REGEXP_NON_ASCII = /[^ -~]/gm;
+const REGEXP_NON_ASCII = /[^ -~]/m;
 
 export interface ToggleOption {
   option?: VariableOption;