diff --git a/pkg/composableschemadsl/compiler/translator.go b/pkg/composableschemadsl/compiler/translator.go
index 2a0a29d908..3d4fce70d7 100644
--- a/pkg/composableschemadsl/compiler/translator.go
+++ b/pkg/composableschemadsl/compiler/translator.go
@@ -718,10 +718,9 @@ func translateImport(tctx translationContext, importNode *dslNode, names *mapz.S
 		globallyVisitedFiles: tctx.globallyVisitedFiles,
 		locallyVisitedFiles:  tctx.locallyVisitedFiles,
 	})
-
-	var circularImportError *ErrCircularImport
 	if err != nil {
-		if errors.As(err, circularImportError) {
+		var circularImportError *ErrCircularImport
+		if errors.As(err, &circularImportError) {
 			// NOTE: The "%s" is an empty format string to keep with the form of ErrorWithSourcef
 			return nil, importNode.ErrorWithSourcef(circularImportError.filePath, "%s", circularImportError.error.Error())
 		}