diff --git a/public/app/core/utils/accessControl.ts b/public/app/core/utils/accessControl.ts
index b2ee9fac281..c9e18f65b2b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/utils/accessControl.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/utils/accessControl.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import config from '../../core/config';
 
-// addAccessControlQueryParam appends ?accesscontrol=true to a url when accesscontrol is enabled
-export function addAccessControlQueryParam(url: string): string {
+// accessControlQueryParam adds an additional accesscontrol=true param to params when accesscontrol is enabled
+export function accessControlQueryParam(params = {}) {
   if (!config.featureToggles['accesscontrol']) {
-    return url;
+    return params;
   }
-  return url + '?accesscontrol=true';
+  return { ...params, accesscontrol: true };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/admin/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/admin/state/actions.ts
index 55849aba080..2297783226d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/admin/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/admin/state/actions.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from './reducers';
 import { debounce } from 'lodash';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
-import { addAccessControlQueryParam } from 'app/core/utils/accessControl';
+import { accessControlQueryParam } from 'app/core/utils/accessControl';
 // UserAdminPage
 
 export function loadAdminUserPage(userId: number): ThunkResult<void> {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function loadAdminUserPage(userId: number): ThunkResult<void> {
 
 export function loadUserProfile(userId: number): ThunkResult<void> {
   return async (dispatch) => {
-    const user = await getBackendSrv().get(addAccessControlQueryParam(`/api/users/${userId}`));
+    const user = await getBackendSrv().get(`/api/users/${userId}`, accessControlQueryParam());
     dispatch(userProfileLoadedAction(user));
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/datasources/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/datasources/state/actions.ts
index fdc591630c7..7fd392770c7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/datasources/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/datasources/state/actions.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import {
   testDataSourceSucceeded,
 } from './reducers';
 import { getDataSource, getDataSourceMeta } from './selectors';
-import { addAccessControlQueryParam } from 'app/core/utils/accessControl';
+import { accessControlQueryParam } from 'app/core/utils/accessControl';
 
 export interface DataSourceTypesLoadedPayload {
   plugins: DataSourcePluginMeta[];
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ export async function getDataSourceUsingUidOrId(uid: string | number): Promise<D
     const byUid = await lastValueFrom(
       getBackendSrv().fetch<DataSourceSettings>({
         method: 'GET',
-        url: addAccessControlQueryParam(`/api/datasources/uid/${uid}`),
+        url: `/api/datasources/uid/${uid}`,
+        params: accessControlQueryParam(),
         showErrorAlert: false,
       })
     );
@@ -173,7 +174,8 @@ export async function getDataSourceUsingUidOrId(uid: string | number): Promise<D
     const response = await lastValueFrom(
       getBackendSrv().fetch<DataSourceSettings>({
         method: 'GET',
-        url: addAccessControlQueryParam(`/api/datasources/${id}`),
+        url: `/api/datasources/${id}`,
+        params: accessControlQueryParam(),
         showErrorAlert: false,
       })
     );
diff --git a/public/app/features/users/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/users/state/actions.ts
index b4cfc5d1d71..cf07354f1b5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/users/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/users/state/actions.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { OrgUser } from 'app/types';
 import { inviteesLoaded, usersLoaded } from './reducers';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
-import { addAccessControlQueryParam } from 'app/core/utils/accessControl';
+import { accessControlQueryParam } from 'app/core/utils/accessControl';
 
 export function loadUsers(): ThunkResult<void> {
   return async (dispatch) => {
-    const users = await getBackendSrv().get(addAccessControlQueryParam('/api/org/users'));
+    const users = await getBackendSrv().get('/api/org/users', accessControlQueryParam());
     dispatch(usersLoaded(users));
   };
 }