diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx
index 96b113d21c2..ce06d292ea3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/query-and-alert-condition/QueryAndExpressionsStep.tsx
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ export const QueryAndExpressionsStep: FC<Props> = ({ editingExistingRule }) => {
   }, []);
 
   const runQueries = useCallback(() => {
-    runner.current.run(queries);
-  }, [queries]);
+    runner.current.run(getValues('queries'));
+  }, [getValues]);
 
   // whenever we update the queries we have to update the form too
   useEffect(() => {