diff --git a/superset/views/sql_lab/views.py b/superset/views/sql_lab/views.py
index f07705bac3f42..012fdc2dc50c3 100644
--- a/superset/views/sql_lab/views.py
+++ b/superset/views/sql_lab/views.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from flask_appbuilder import expose
 from flask_appbuilder.models.sqla.interface import SQLAInterface
 from flask_appbuilder.security.decorators import has_access, has_access_api
-from flask_babel import lazy_gettext as _
+from flask_babel import gettext as __
 from sqlalchemy import and_
 
 from superset import db
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def post(self) -> FlaskResponse:
             user_id=get_user_id(),
             # This is for backward compatibility
             label=query_editor.get("name")
-            or query_editor.get("title", _("Untitled Query")),
+            or query_editor.get("title", __("Untitled Query")),
             active=True,
             database_id=query_editor["dbId"],
             schema=query_editor.get("schema"),