diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/operators/subquery_planning.go b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/operators/subquery_planning.go
index caf3a51536c..021a280d116 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/operators/subquery_planning.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/operators/subquery_planning.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func rewriteMergedSubqueryExpr(ctx *plancontext.PlanningContext, se SubQueryExpr
 							return true
 						}
 					case *sqlparser.Argument:
-						if expr.Name != sq. /**/ ArgName {
+						if expr.Name != sq.ArgName {
 							return true
 						}
 					default:
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/onecase.json b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/onecase.json
index bf6e17d2dd5..da7543f706a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/onecase.json
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/onecase.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [
   {
     "comment": "Add your test case here for debugging and run go test -run=One.",
-    "query": "SELECT id, name, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM user_extra) AS total_extra_count FROM user GROUP BY id, name ORDER BY total_extra_count",
+    "query": "",
     "plan": {
+
     }
   }
 ]
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