diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
index f79f76eaddb..5bbc93b4a84 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { BackendDataSourceResponse, toDataQueryResponse } from './queryResponse'
 export const ExpressionDatasourceRef = Object.freeze({
   type: '__expr__',
   uid: '__expr__',
+  name: 'Expression',
 });
 
 /**
diff --git a/public/app/features/expressions/ExpressionDatasource.ts b/public/app/features/expressions/ExpressionDatasource.ts
index cb9d4f16be6..096d8a988dc 100644
--- a/public/app/features/expressions/ExpressionDatasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/expressions/ExpressionDatasource.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const ExpressionDatasourceUID = '-100';
 export const instanceSettings: DataSourceInstanceSettings = {
   id: -100,
   uid: ExpressionDatasourceUID,
-  name: ExpressionDatasourceRef.type,
+  name: ExpressionDatasourceRef.name,
   type: ExpressionDatasourceRef.type,
   access: 'proxy',
   meta: {