diff --git a/frappe/utils/data.py b/frappe/utils/data.py
index 9f794be0fc..8f0065b04c 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/data.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/data.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ URL_NOTATION_PATTERN = re.compile(
 )  # background-image: url('/assets/...')
 DURATION_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^(?:(\d+d)?((^|\s)\d+h)?((^|\s)\d+m)?((^|\s)\d+s)?)$")
 HTML_TAG_PATTERN = re.compile("<[^>]+>")
+MARIADB_SPECIFIC_COMMENT = re.compile(r"#.*")
 
 
 class Weekday(Enum):
@@ -1827,8 +1828,11 @@ def sanitize_column(column_name: str) -> None:
 
 	from frappe import _
 
-	regex = re.compile("^.*[,'();].*")
 	column_name = sqlparse.format(column_name, strip_comments=True, keyword_case="lower")
+	if frappe.db and frappe.db.db_type == "mariadb":
+		# strip mariadb specific comments which are like python single line comments
+		column_name = MARIADB_SPECIFIC_COMMENT.sub("", column_name)
+
 	blacklisted_keywords = [
 		"select",
 		"create",
@@ -1844,6 +1848,7 @@ def sanitize_column(column_name: str) -> None:
 	def _raise_exception():
 		frappe.throw(_("Invalid field name {0}").format(column_name), frappe.DataError)
 
+	regex = re.compile("^.*[,'();].*")
 	if "ifnull" in column_name:
 		if regex.match(column_name):
 			# to avoid and, or