diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryErrorsBase.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryErrorsBase.scala
index 885b2f775e00c..77f714a0f90eb 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryErrorsBase.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryErrorsBase.scala
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private[sql] trait QueryErrorsBase {
 
   def toSQLId(parts: Seq[String]): String = {
     val cleaned = parts match {
-      case "__auto_generated_subquery_name" :: rest if rest != Nil => rest
+      case Seq("__auto_generated_subquery_name", rest @ _*) if rest != Nil => rest
       case other => other
     }
     cleaned.map(quoteIdentifier).mkString(".")