diff --git a/go/logic/applier.go b/go/logic/applier.go
index 3fe7f2287..347817d6f 100644
--- a/go/logic/applier.go
+++ b/go/logic/applier.go
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ func (this *Applier) WriteCheckpoint(chk *Checkpoint) (int64, error) {
 }
 
 func (this *Applier) ReadLastCheckpoint() (*Checkpoint, error) {
-	row := this.db.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf(`select /* gh-ost */ * from %s.%s order by gh_ost_chk_id desc limit 1`, this.migrationContext.DatabaseName, this.migrationContext.GetCheckpointTableName()))
+	row := this.db.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf(`select /* gh-ost */ * from %s.%s order by gh_ost_chk_id desc limit 1`, sql.EscapeName(this.migrationContext.DatabaseName), sql.EscapeName(this.migrationContext.GetCheckpointTableName())))
 	chk := &Checkpoint{
 		IterationRangeMin: sql.NewColumnValues(this.migrationContext.UniqueKey.Columns.Len()),
 		IterationRangeMax: sql.NewColumnValues(this.migrationContext.UniqueKey.Columns.Len()),