diff --git a/pkg/sql/catalog/lease/lease.go b/pkg/sql/catalog/lease/lease.go
index 66a47ef7e8c1..2c13d3265a33 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/catalog/lease/lease.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/catalog/lease/lease.go
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ SELECT COALESCE(l."descID", s."desc_id") as "descID", COALESCE(l.version, s.vers
 			// Early exit?
 			row := rows[i]
 			wg.Add(1)
-			lease := storedLease{
+			lease := &storedLease{
 				id:      descpb.ID(tree.MustBeDInt(row[0])),
 				version: int(tree.MustBeDInt(row[1])),
 			}
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ SELECT COALESCE(l."descID", s."desc_id") as "descID", COALESCE(l.version, s.vers
 					WaitForSem: true,
 				},
 				func(ctx context.Context) {
-					m.storage.release(ctx, m.stopper, &lease)
+					m.storage.release(ctx, m.stopper, lease)
 					log.Infof(ctx, "released orphaned lease: %+v", lease)
 					wg.Done()
 				}); err != nil {