diff --git a/sql/pq_clone_item.cc b/sql/pq_clone_item.cc
index 25e68f7750ee1e78eccab6382811688ddab2ccf5..6c20afd7709911ce27ea6596c3de994a25fc1590 100644
--- a/sql/pq_clone_item.cc
+++ b/sql/pq_clone_item.cc
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ PQ_CLONE_RETURN
 PQ_CLONE_DEF(Item_int_with_ref) {
   Item *pq_ref = ref->pq_clone(thd, select);
   if (pq_ref == nullptr) return nullptr;
+  if (!pq_ref->fixed) pq_ref->fix_fields(thd, &pq_ref);
   new_item = new (thd->pq_mem_root)
       Item_int_with_ref(pq_ref->data_type(), value, pq_ref, unsigned_flag);
 }