diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.ts
index 8cd551e8b7f..1efb7f441d5 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.ts
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ export class PrometheusDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<PromQuery, PromO
   async areExemplarsAvailable() {
     try {
       const res = await this.metadataRequest('/api/v1/query_exemplars', { query: 'test' });
-      if (res.statusText === 'OK') {
+      if (res.data.status === 'success') {
         return true;
       }
       return false;