diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros.go b/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros.go
index a0c060c5b14..3bb35a80939 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros.go
@@ -49,9 +49,13 @@ func (m *msSQLMacroEngine) Interpolate(query *backend.DataQuery, timeRange backe
 	// TODO: Return any error
 	rExp, _ := regexp.Compile(sExpr)
 	var macroError error
-	formattedSql, fctCallArgsMap := replaceFunctionCallArgsWithPlaceholders(sql)
+	var fctCallArgsMap map[string]string
 
-	sql = m.ReplaceAllStringSubmatchFunc(rExp, formattedSql, func(groups []string) string {
+	if rExp.FindAllSubmatchIndex([]byte(sql), -1) != nil {
+		sql, fctCallArgsMap = replaceFunctionCallArgsWithPlaceholders(sql)
+	}
+
+	sql = m.ReplaceAllStringSubmatchFunc(rExp, sql, func(groups []string) string {
 		args := strings.Split(groups[2], ",")
 		for i, arg := range args {
 			args[i] = strings.Trim(arg, " ")
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros_test.go
index 5e14a9a0b6d..7966a08a963 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mssql/macros_test.go
@@ -349,6 +349,20 @@ func TestMacroEngine(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NotNil(t, err)
 			}
 		})
+
+		t.Run("should return unmodified sql if there are no macros present", func(t *testing.T) {
+			sqls := []string{
+				"select * from table",
+				"select count(val) from table",
+				"select col1, col2,col3, col4 from table where col1 = 'val1' and col2 = 'val2' order by col1 asc",
+			}
+
+			for _, sql := range sqls {
+				actual, err := engine.Interpolate(query, timeRange, sql)
+				require.Nil(t, err)
+				require.Equal(t, sql, actual)
+			}
+		})
 	})
 }