diff --git a/frappe/utils/data.py b/frappe/utils/data.py
index 84e626f15f..09e5d4eea1 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/data.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/data.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import time
 import typing
 from code import compile_command
 from enum import Enum
+from functools import lru_cache
 from typing import Any, Literal, Optional, TypeVar
 from urllib.parse import parse_qsl, quote, urlencode, urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo, ZoneInfoNotFoundError
@@ -2107,12 +2108,17 @@ def make_filter_dict(filters):
 
 
 def sanitize_column(column_name: str) -> None:
+	return _sanitize_column(column_name, (frappe.db and frappe.db.db_type) or None)
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1024)
+def _sanitize_column(column_name: str, db_type: str) -> None:
 	import sqlparse
 
 	from frappe import _
 
 	column_name = sqlparse.format(column_name, strip_comments=True, keyword_case="lower")
-	if frappe.db and frappe.db.db_type == "mariadb":
+	if db_type == "mariadb":
 		# strip mariadb specific comments which are like python single line comments
 		column_name = MARIADB_SPECIFIC_COMMENT.sub("", column_name)