diff --git a/go/vt/schemadiff/schema.go b/go/vt/schemadiff/schema.go
index 034b784ffb5..7b5559b3880 100644
--- a/go/vt/schemadiff/schema.go
+++ b/go/vt/schemadiff/schema.go
@@ -1088,8 +1088,8 @@ func (s *Schema) getViewColumnNames(v *CreateViewEntity, schemaInformation *decl
 				for _, entityName := range dependentNames {
 					if schemaInformation.Tables[entityName] != nil { // is nil for dual/DUAL
 						for _, col := range schemaInformation.Tables[entityName].Columns {
-							name := sqlparser.Clone(&col.Name)
-							columnNames = append(columnNames, name)
+							name := sqlparser.Clone(col.Name)
+							columnNames = append(columnNames, &name)
 						}
 					}
 				}