diff --git a/plugin/api/alerting/rule.go b/plugin/api/alerting/rule.go
index b0a260c5..db302f1d 100644
--- a/plugin/api/alerting/rule.go
+++ b/plugin/api/alerting/rule.go
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ func (alertAPI *AlertAPI) getRule(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, ps h
 	// adapter version smaller than 1.6.0
 	if obj.Channels != nil && obj.NotificationConfig == nil {
 		obj.NotificationConfig = obj.Channels
+		for i := range obj.NotificationConfig.Normal {
+			obj.NotificationConfig.Normal[i].Enabled = true
+		}
+		for i := range obj.NotificationConfig.Escalation {
+			obj.NotificationConfig.Escalation[i].Enabled = true
+		}
 	}
 	if obj.NotificationConfig != nil && obj.NotificationConfig.Message == "" && obj.Metrics.Message != "" {
 		obj.NotificationConfig.Message = obj.Metrics.Message
diff --git a/service/alerting/common/helper.go b/service/alerting/common/helper.go
index fd8150b5..faf5e344 100644
--- a/service/alerting/common/helper.go
+++ b/service/alerting/common/helper.go
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func PerformChannel(channel *alerting.Channel, ctx map[string]interface{}) ([]byte, error, []byte) {
+	if channel == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("empty channel"), nil
+	}
 	var (
 		act action.Action
 		message []byte
 		err error
 	)
-	channel, err = RetrieveChannel(channel)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err, nil
-	}
 	switch channel.Type {
 
 	case alerting.ChannelWebhook:
@@ -77,11 +76,13 @@ func RetrieveChannel(ch *alerting.Channel) (*alerting.Channel, error) {
 	if ch == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("empty channel")
 	}
+	enabled := ch.Enabled
 	if ch.ID != "" {
 		_, err := orm.Get(ch)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		ch.Enabled = enabled
 	}
 	return ch, nil
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go b/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go
index 9c314e9a..74ee4bc7 100644
--- a/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go
+++ b/service/alerting/elasticsearch/engine.go
@@ -963,6 +963,11 @@ func performChannels(channels []alerting.Channel, ctx map[string]interface{}) ([
 		if !channel.Enabled {
 			continue
 		}
+		_, err := common.RetrieveChannel(&channel)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+			continue
+		}
 		resBytes, err, messageBytes := common.PerformChannel(&channel, ctx)
 		var errStr string
 		if err != nil {