diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mqe/model_parser.go b/pkg/tsdb/mqe/model_parser.go
index 19c7cca40c8..d139bea9c15 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mqe/model_parser.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mqe/model_parser.go
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ func (qp *QueryParser) Parse(model *simplejson.Json, dsInfo *models.DataSource,
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		functions = append(functions, f)
+		if f.Func != "" {
+			functions = append(functions, f)
+		}
 	}
 
 	query.FunctionList = functions