diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ResultSet.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ResultSet.tsx
index a5a1d5f84..73f8d9cf9 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ResultSet.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/SqlLab/components/ResultSet.tsx
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export default class ResultSet extends React.PureComponent<
   };
 
   handleOverwriteCancel = () => {
-    this.setState({ shouldOverwriteDataSet: false });
+    this.setState({ shouldOverwriteDataSet: false, datasetToOverwrite: {} });
   };
 
   handleExploreBtnClick = () => {