diff --git a/src/app/features/elasticsearch/datasource.js b/src/app/features/elasticsearch/datasource.js
index 0ca8ec853f1..d12cc5d113d 100644
--- a/src/app/features/elasticsearch/datasource.js
+++ b/src/app/features/elasticsearch/datasource.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function (angular, _, config, kbn, moment) {
       var titleField = annotation.titleField || 'desc';
       var textField = annotation.textField || null;
 
-      range[annotation.timeField]= {
+      range[timeField]= {
         from: rangeUnparsed.from,
         to: rangeUnparsed.to,
       };