diff --git a/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs b/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
index ec8f892720a01..4830af98d4f4e 100644
--- a/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-sql/src/context.rs
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ impl SQLContext {
         let (l_name, mut lf) = self.get_table(&tbl_expr.relation)?;
         if !tbl_expr.joins.is_empty() {
             for tbl in &tbl_expr.joins {
-                let (r_name, rf) = self.get_table(&tbl.relation)?;
+                let (r_name, mut rf) = self.get_table(&tbl.relation)?;
                 let left_schema = lf.schema()?;
                 let right_schema = rf.schema()?;
 
@@ -548,9 +548,9 @@ impl SQLContext {
 
                 lf = lf.with_columns(projections);
                 lf = self.process_order_by(lf, &query.order_by)?;
-
                 column_names.retain(|&name| !retained_names.contains(name));
                 lf.drop(column_names)
+
             } else if contains_wildcard_exclude {
                 let mut dropped_names = Vec::with_capacity(projections.len());
                 let exclude_expr = projections.iter().find(|expr| {
diff --git a/crates/polars-sql/tests/statements.rs b/crates/polars-sql/tests/statements.rs
index a5bed3cf3635a..42a19b32256f4 100644
--- a/crates/polars-sql/tests/statements.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-sql/tests/statements.rs
@@ -265,20 +265,21 @@ fn test_compound_join_different_column_names() {
     .unwrap();
 
     let mut ctx = SQLContext::new();
-    ctx.register("df1", df1.lazy());
-    ctx.register("df2", df2.lazy());
+    ctx.register("lf1", df1.lazy());
+    ctx.register("lf2", df2.lazy());
 
     let sql = r#"
-        SELECT df1.a, df2.b, df2.c
-        FROM df1 INNER JOIN df2
-          ON df1.a = df2.b AND df1.a = df2.c
+        SELECT lf1.a, lf2.b, lf2.c
+        FROM lf1 INNER JOIN lf2
+          -- note: uses "lf1.a" for *both* constraint arms
+          ON lf1.a = lf2.b AND lf1.a = lf2.c
         ORDER BY a
     "#;
     let actual = ctx.execute(sql).unwrap().collect().unwrap();
     let expected = df! {
-        "a" => [2, 3],
-        "b" => [2, 3],
-        "c" => [8, 9],
+        "a" => [3, 5],
+        "b" => [3, 5],
+        "c" => [3, 5],
     }
     .unwrap();