diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go b/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go
index 627159c286b..2cdbc57b41d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/reader.go
@@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ func NewRuleReader() *DefaultRuleReader {
 func (arr *DefaultRuleReader) initReader() {
 	heartbeat := time.NewTicker(time.Second * 10)
 
-	for {
-		select {
-		case <-heartbeat.C:
-			arr.heartbeat()
-		}
+	for range heartbeat.C {
+		arr.heartbeat()
 	}
 }