diff --git a/rows.go b/rows.go
index 17e36cba2..78ef5326a 100644
--- a/rows.go
+++ b/rows.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func AppendRows[T any, S ~[]T](slice S, rows Rows, fn RowToFunc[T]) (S, error) {
 
 // CollectRows iterates through rows, calling fn for each row, and collecting the results into a slice of T.
 func CollectRows[T any](rows Rows, fn RowToFunc[T]) ([]T, error) {
-	return AppendRows([]T(nil), rows, fn)
+	return AppendRows([]T{}, rows, fn)
 }
 
 // CollectOneRow calls fn for the first row in rows and returns the result. If no rows are found returns an error where errors.Is(ErrNoRows) is true.