diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go
index bacf61e645b..4d95eac9f65 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func (timeSeriesQuery *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesQuery) parseResponse(queryRes *b
 				Custom:              customFrameMeta,
 			}
 			frame.Meta = frameMeta
+			frame.Meta.Type = data.FrameTypeTimeSeriesMulti
 
 			var err error
 			iterator := timeSeriesDataIterator{series, d}