diff --git a/pkg/sql/catalog/tabledesc/column.go b/pkg/sql/catalog/tabledesc/column.go
index 5ae098fc403a..2ec00ac1501d 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/catalog/tabledesc/column.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/catalog/tabledesc/column.go
@@ -334,8 +334,9 @@ func newColumnCache(desc *descpb.TableDescriptor, mutations *mutationCache) *col
 	numMutations := len(mutations.columns)
 	numDeletable := numPublic + numMutations
 	for i := range colinfo.AllSystemColumnDescs {
+		desc := colinfo.AllSystemColumnDescs[i]
 		col := column{
-			desc:    &colinfo.AllSystemColumnDescs[i],
+			desc:    &desc,
 			ordinal: numDeletable + i,
 		}
 		backingStructs = append(backingStructs, col)