diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.tsx b/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.tsx
index fe719f5dc..48f8896b4 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.tsx
@@ -537,6 +537,8 @@ class RefreshingGraph extends Component<Props> {
     if (fluxData.length) {
       return {dataType: DataType.flux, data: fluxData}
     }
+
+    return {dataType: DataType.influxQL, data: []}
   }
 }