diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/response_parser.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/response_parser.ts
index 746a8c0e05a..33b883f1d64 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/response_parser.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/response_parser.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default class ResponseParser {
     });
 
     return _.map(res, value => {
-      return { text: value.toString() };
+      return { text: value };
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/response_parser.jest.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/response_parser.jest.ts
index c0652f5fca3..ba1546c37e9 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/response_parser.jest.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/response_parser.jest.ts
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ describe('influxdb response parser', () => {
 
     it('should return second column', () => {
       expect(_.size(result)).toBe(3);
-      expect(result[0].text).toBe('0');
-      expect(result[1].text).toBe('15');
-      expect(result[2].text).toBe('20.2');
+      expect(result[0].text).toBe(0.0);
+      expect(result[1].text).toBe(15.0);
+      expect(result[2].text).toBe(20.2);
     });
   });