diff --git a/superset/sql_lab.py b/superset/sql_lab.py
index 7b74ab72184af..c868ce847b59b 100644
--- a/superset/sql_lab.py
+++ b/superset/sql_lab.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 from superset import app, dataframe, db, results_backend, utils
 from superset.db_engine_specs import LimitMethod
-from superset.jinja_context import get_template_processor
 from superset.models.sql_lab import Query
 from superset.sql_parse import SupersetQuery
 from superset.utils import get_celery_app, QueryStatus
@@ -109,13 +108,12 @@ def convert_results_to_df(cursor_description, data):
 
 @celery_app.task(bind=True, soft_time_limit=SQLLAB_TIMEOUT)
 def get_sql_results(
-        ctask, query_id, return_results=True, store_results=False,
-        user_name=None, template_params=None):
+        ctask, query_id, rendered_query, return_results=True, store_results=False,
+        user_name=None):
     """Executes the sql query returns the results."""
     try:
         return execute_sql(
-            ctask, query_id, return_results, store_results, user_name,
-            template_params)
+            ctask, query_id, rendered_query, return_results, store_results, user_name)
     except Exception as e:
         logging.exception(e)
         stats_logger.incr('error_sqllab_unhandled')
@@ -129,8 +127,8 @@ def get_sql_results(
 
 
 def execute_sql(
-    ctask, query_id, return_results=True, store_results=False, user_name=None,
-    template_params=None,
+    ctask, query_id, rendered_query, return_results=True, store_results=False,
+    user_name=None,
 ):
     """Executes the sql query returns the results."""
     session = get_session(not ctask.request.called_directly)
diff --git a/superset/views/core.py b/superset/views/core.py
index d56d5ff6f5198..b800b5e126e0e 100755
--- a/superset/views/core.py
+++ b/superset/views/core.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 from superset.connectors.connector_registry import ConnectorRegistry
 from superset.connectors.sqla.models import AnnotationDatasource, SqlaTable
 from superset.forms import CsvToDatabaseForm
+from superset.jinja_context import get_template_processor
 from superset.legacy import cast_form_data
 import superset.models.core as models
 from superset.models.sql_lab import Query
@@ -2403,16 +2404,27 @@ def sql_json(self):
             raise Exception(_('Query record was not created as expected.'))
         logging.info('Triggering query_id: {}'.format(query_id))
 
+        try:
+            template_processor = get_template_processor(
+                database=query.database, query=query)
+            rendered_query = template_processor.process_template(
+                query.sql,
+                **template_params)
+        except Exception as e:
+            return json_error_response(
+                'Template rendering failed: {}'.format(utils.error_msg_from_exception(e)))
+
         # Async request.
         if async:
             logging.info('Running query on a Celery worker')
             # Ignore the celery future object and the request may time out.
             try:
                 sql_lab.get_sql_results.delay(
-                    query_id=query_id, return_results=False,
+                    query_id,
+                    rendered_query,
+                    return_results=False,
                     store_results=not query.select_as_cta,
-                    user_name=g.user.username,
-                    template_params=template_params)
+                    user_name=g.user.username)
             except Exception as e:
                 logging.exception(e)
                 msg = (
@@ -2441,8 +2453,9 @@ def sql_json(self):
                                error_message=timeout_msg):
                 # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter
                 data = sql_lab.get_sql_results(
-                    query_id=query_id, return_results=True,
-                    template_params=template_params)
+                    query_id,
+                    rendered_query,
+                    return_results=True)
             payload = json.dumps(
                 data, default=utils.pessimistic_json_iso_dttm_ser)
         except Exception as e: