diff --git a/frappe/desk/reportview.py b/frappe/desk/reportview.py
index 6a0aa1167d..abc8222114 100644
--- a/frappe/desk/reportview.py
+++ b/frappe/desk/reportview.py
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ def extract_fieldnames(field):
 	if not SPECIAL_CHAR_PATTERN.findall(field):
 		return [field]
 
-	parser = Parser(f"select {field}, _frappe_dummy from _dummy")
-	columns = [col for col in parser.columns if col != "_frappe_dummy"]
+	columns = Parser(f"select {field} from _dummy").columns
 
 	if not columns:
 		f = field.lower()