diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go
index bde11158555..be530a7fb2e 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser.go
@@ -162,13 +162,6 @@ func buildDataFrames(startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time, aggregatedResponse
 		timestamps := []*time.Time{}
 		points := []*float64{}
 		for j, t := range metric.Timestamps {
-			if j > 0 {
-				expectedTimestamp := metric.Timestamps[j-1].Add(time.Duration(query.Period) * time.Second)
-				if expectedTimestamp.Before(*t) {
-					timestamps = append(timestamps, &expectedTimestamp)
-					points = append(points, nil)
-				}
-			}
 			val := metric.Values[j]
 			timestamps = append(timestamps, t)
 			points = append(points, val)
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go
index 3079092ccb3..16195076e6f 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/response_parser_test.go
@@ -422,8 +422,7 @@ func TestCloudWatchResponseParser(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "lb", frame.Fields[1].Labels["LoadBalancer"])
 		assert.Equal(t, 10.0, *frame.Fields[1].At(0).(*float64))
 		assert.Equal(t, 20.0, *frame.Fields[1].At(1).(*float64))
-		assert.Nil(t, frame.Fields[1].At(2))
-		assert.Equal(t, 30.0, *frame.Fields[1].At(3).(*float64))
+		assert.Equal(t, 30.0, *frame.Fields[1].At(2).(*float64))
 		assert.Equal(t, "Value", frame.Fields[1].Name)
 		assert.Equal(t, "", frame.Fields[1].Config.DisplayName)
 	})
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.test.ts
index ecf94527947..591e95dcee6 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.test.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,36 @@ describe('datasource', () => {
         expect(response.data.length).toEqual(2);
       });
     });
+
+    it('sets fields.config.interval based on period', async () => {
+      const { datasource } = setupMockedDataSource({
+        data: {
+          results: {
+            a: {
+              refId: 'a',
+              series: [{ name: 'cpu', points: [1, 2], meta: { custom: { period: 60 } } }],
+            },
+            b: {
+              refId: 'b',
+              series: [{ name: 'cpu', points: [1, 2], meta: { custom: { period: 120 } } }],
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      });
+
+      const observable = datasource.performTimeSeriesQuery(
+        {
+          queries: [{ datasourceId: 1, refId: 'a' }],
+        } as any,
+        { from: dateTime(), to: dateTime() } as any
+      );
+
+      await expect(observable).toEmitValuesWith((received) => {
+        const response = received[0];
+        expect(response.data[0].fields[0].config.interval).toEqual(60000);
+        expect(response.data[1].fields[0].config.interval).toEqual(120000);
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('describeLogGroup', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts
index 71e9decdc79..660ca54ddfb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   DataSourceInstanceSettings,
   DataSourceWithLogsContextSupport,
   dateMath,
+  FieldType,
   LoadingState,
   LogRowModel,
   rangeUtil,
@@ -506,6 +507,15 @@ export class CloudWatchDatasource
 
         const lastError = findLast(res.results, (v) => !!v.error);
 
+        dataframes.forEach((frame) => {
+          frame.fields.forEach((field) => {
+            if (field.type === FieldType.time) {
+              // field.config.interval is populated in order for Grafana to fill in null values at frame intervals
+              field.config.interval = frame.meta?.custom?.period * 1000;
+            }
+          });
+        });
+
         return {
           data: dataframes,
           error: lastError ? { message: lastError.error } : null,