diff --git a/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js b/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js
+++ b/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
         if (!data) {
           return [];
         }
-
+        return data[0].columns;
       });
     };
fixed column typehead, introduced in PR #<I>