diff --git a/core/translate/expr.rs b/core/translate/expr.rs
index ebe3e2116..b6207f9c7 100644
--- a/core/translate/expr.rs
+++ b/core/translate/expr.rs
@@ -3370,14 +3370,15 @@ pub fn bind_and_rewrite_expr<'a>(
                                             id.as_str()
                                         );
                                     }
+                                } else {
+                                    let col =
+                                        joined_table.table.columns().get(col_idx.unwrap()).unwrap();
+                                    match_result = Some((
+                                        joined_table.internal_id,
+                                        col_idx.unwrap(),
+                                        col.is_rowid_alias,
+                                    ));
                                 }
-                                let col =
-                                    joined_table.table.columns().get(col_idx.unwrap()).unwrap();
-                                match_result = Some((
-                                    joined_table.internal_id,
-                                    col_idx.unwrap(),
-                                    col.is_rowid_alias,
-                                ));
                             // only if we haven't found a match, check for explicit rowid reference
                             } else if let Some(row_id_expr) = parse_row_id(
                                 &normalized_id,
diff --git a/testing/join.test b/testing/join.test
index a52973421..c14b96ab4 100755
--- a/testing/join.test
+++ b/testing/join.test
@@ -362,3 +362,25 @@ do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} left-join-where-clause-regression {
     select t.a, s.a from t left join s on t.a=s.a where s.a = 2;
 } {2|2
 2|2}
+
+# Regression test for: https://github.com/tursodatabase/turso/issues/3468
+do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} left-join-using-star-vs-explicit {
+    create table t(a, tb);
+    create table s(a, sb);
+    insert into t values (1, 't1'), (2, 't2');
+    insert into s values (1, 's1'), (3, 's3');
+    select * from t left join s using(a);
+    select a, tb, sb from t left join s using(a);
+} {1|t1|s1
+2|t2|
+1|t1|s1
+2|t2|}
+
+do_execsql_test_on_specific_db {:memory:} left-join-using-null {
+    create table t(a, b);
+    create table s(a, b);
+    insert into t values (1, null), (2, null); 
+    insert into s values (1, null), (2, null); 
+    select a, b from t left join s using (a, b);
+} {1|
+2|}