diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDirectSqlUtils.java b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDirectSqlUtils.java
index 72905ca7dc08..e26ea2ee1a8a 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDirectSqlUtils.java
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/MetastoreDirectSqlUtils.java
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static void setSkewedColLocationMaps(String SKEWED_COL_VALUE_LOC_MAP,
     String queryText;
     queryText =
           "select " + SKEWED_COL_VALUE_LOC_MAP + ".\"SD_ID\","
-        + " " + SKEWED_STRING_LIST_VALUES + ".STRING_LIST_ID,"
+        + " " + SKEWED_STRING_LIST_VALUES + ".\"STRING_LIST_ID\","
         + " " + SKEWED_COL_VALUE_LOC_MAP + ".\"LOCATION\","
         + " " + SKEWED_STRING_LIST_VALUES + ".\"STRING_LIST_VALUE\" "
         + "from " + SKEWED_COL_VALUE_LOC_MAP + ""