diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
index 342873d9a269..682c3bc4563f 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func newMysqlQueryEndpoint(datasource *models.DataSource) (tsdb.TsdbQueryEndpoin
 
 	cnnstr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@%s(%s)/%s?collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci&parseTime=true&loc=UTC&allowNativePasswords=true",
 		characterEscape(datasource.User, ":"),
-		characterEscape(datasource.DecryptedPassword(), "@"),
+		datasource.DecryptedPassword(),
 		protocol,
 		characterEscape(datasource.Url, ")"),
 		characterEscape(datasource.Database, "?"),