diff --git a/superset/connectors/sqla/utils.py b/superset/connectors/sqla/utils.py
index 87b3d5dd3a28a..18e5de48c10d6 100644
--- a/superset/connectors/sqla/utils.py
+++ b/superset/connectors/sqla/utils.py
@@ -144,8 +144,9 @@ def get_columns_description(
         with database.get_raw_connection(catalog=catalog, schema=schema) as conn:
             cursor = conn.cursor()
             query = database.apply_limit_to_sql(query, limit=1)
-            cursor.execute(query)
-            db_engine_spec.execute(cursor, query, database)
+            mutated_query = database.mutate_sql_based_on_config(query)
+            cursor.execute(mutated_query)
+            db_engine_spec.execute(cursor, mutated_query, database)
             result = db_engine_spec.fetch_data(cursor, limit=1)
             result_set = SupersetResultSet(result, cursor.description, db_engine_spec)
             return result_set.columns