diff --git a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/compiler/values.py b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/compiler/values.py
index 52862e8ae479..46b14c3581ff 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/clickhouse/compiler/values.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/clickhouse/compiler/values.py
@@ -850,9 +850,9 @@ def tr(op, *, cache, **kw):
             # annoying to detect so we let it through to enable the
             # uncorrelated use case (pandas-style `.isin`)
             subquery = translate(options.to_expr().as_table().op(), {})
-            right_arg = f"({subquery})"
+            right_arg = f"({_sql(subquery)})"
         else:
-            right_arg = translate_val(options, cache=cache, **kw)
+            right_arg = _sql(translate_val(options, cache=cache, **kw))
 
         # we explicitly do NOT parenthesize the right side because it doesn't
         # make sense to do so for Sequence operations