diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
index 8a94715c10e..01d68e5cd5f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
@@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ export const runQueries = (exploreId: ExploreId): ThunkResult<void> => {
 
     const queryOptions: QueryOptions = {
       minInterval,
-      // This is used for logs streaming for buffer size, with undefined it falls back to datasource config if it
-      // supports that.
-      maxDataPoints: mode === ExploreMode.Logs ? undefined : containerWidth,
+      // maxDataPoints is used in:
+      // Loki - used for logs streaming for buffer size, with undefined it falls back to datasource config if it supports that.
+      // Elastic - limits the number of datapoints for the counts query and for logs it has hardcoded limit.
+      // Influx - used to correctly display logs in graph
+      maxDataPoints: mode === ExploreMode.Logs && datasourceInstance.name === 'Loki' ? undefined : containerWidth,
       liveStreaming: live,
       showingGraph,
       showingTable,