diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx
index 81421ffc49d..ffd5336d3cb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/PrometheusMetricsBrowser.tsx
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export class UnthemedPrometheusMetricsBrowser extends React.Component<BrowserPro
 
   onClickRunRateQuery = () => {
     const selector = buildSelector(this.state.labels);
-    const query = `rate(${selector}[$__interval])`;
+    const query = `rate(${selector}[$__rate_interval])`;
     this.props.onChange(query);
   };