diff --git a/R/backend-spark-sql.R b/R/backend-spark-sql.R
index 8cd9288d1..7a690418d 100644
--- a/R/backend-spark-sql.R
+++ b/R/backend-spark-sql.R
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ simulate_spark_sql <- function() simulate_dbi("Spark SQL")
        },
        add_years = function(x, n, ...) {
          check_dots_empty()
-         sql_expr(add_months(!!!x, !!n*12))
+         sql_expr(add_months(!!x, !!n*12))
        },
        date_build = function(year, month = 1L, day = 1L, ..., invalid = NULL) {
          sql_expr(make_date(!!year, !!month, !!day))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-backend-spark-sql.R b/tests/testthat/test-backend-spark-sql.R
index e1276c7a0..196f6deda 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-backend-spark-sql.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-backend-spark-sql.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 test_that("custom clock functions translated correctly", {
   local_con(simulate_spark_sql())
-  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(add_years(x, 1)), sql("ADD_MONTHS('`x`', 1.0 * 12.0)"))
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(add_years(x, 1)), sql("ADD_MONTHS(`x`, 1.0 * 12.0)"))
   expect_equal(test_translate_sql(add_days(x, 1)), sql("DATE_ADD(`x`, 1.0)"))
   expect_error(test_translate_sql(add_days(x, 1, "dots", "must", "be empty")))
   expect_equal(test_translate_sql(date_build(2020, 1, 1)), sql("MAKE_DATE(2020.0, 1.0, 1.0)"))