diff --git a/cql3/selection/selectable.cc b/cql3/selection/selectable.cc
index 8a95e2e874..9db1d12102 100644
--- a/cql3/selection/selectable.cc
+++ b/cql3/selection/selectable.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ shared_ptr<selector::factory>
 selectable::with_field_selection::new_selector_factory(database& db, schema_ptr s, std::vector<const column_definition*>& defs) {
     auto&& factory = _selected->new_selector_factory(db, s, defs);
     auto&& type = factory->new_instance()->get_type();
-    auto&& ut = dynamic_pointer_cast<const user_type_impl>(std::move(type));
+    auto&& ut = dynamic_pointer_cast<const user_type_impl>(type->underlying_type());
     if (!ut) {
         throw exceptions::invalid_request_exception(
                 format("Invalid field selection: {} of type {} is not a user type",
diff --git a/cql3/tuples.cc b/cql3/tuples.cc
index d9af5044f7..10cd6a25bd 100644
--- a/cql3/tuples.cc
+++ b/cql3/tuples.cc
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ tuples::component_spec_of(shared_ptr<column_specification> column, size_t compon
             column->ks_name,
             column->cf_name,
             ::make_shared<column_identifier>(format("{}[{:d}]", column->name, component), true),
-            static_pointer_cast<const tuple_type_impl>(column->type)->type(component));
+            static_pointer_cast<const tuple_type_impl>(column->type->underlying_type())->type(component));
 }
 
 shared_ptr<term>
diff --git a/cql3/tuples.hh b/cql3/tuples.hh
index 7402b85b14..9d3fdeb5af 100644
--- a/cql3/tuples.hh
+++ b/cql3/tuples.hh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public:
 
     private:
         void validate_assignable_to(database& db, const sstring& keyspace, shared_ptr<column_specification> receiver) {
-            auto tt = dynamic_pointer_cast<const tuple_type_impl>(receiver->type);
+            auto tt = dynamic_pointer_cast<const tuple_type_impl>(receiver->type->underlying_type());
             if (!tt) {
                 throw exceptions::invalid_request_exception(format("Invalid tuple type literal for {} of type {}", receiver->name, receiver->type->as_cql3_type()));
             }
diff --git a/tests/cql_query_test.cc b/tests/cql_query_test.cc
index a785e76e27..842d464165 100644
--- a/tests/cql_query_test.cc
+++ b/tests/cql_query_test.cc
@@ -1544,6 +1544,18 @@ SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_user_type_nested) {
     });
 }
 
+SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_user_type_reversed) {
+    return do_with_cql_env_thread([](cql_test_env& e) {
+        e.execute_cql("create type my_type (a int);").get();
+        e.execute_cql("create table tbl (a int, b frozen<my_type>, primary key ((a), b)) with clustering order by (b desc);").get();
+        e.execute_cql("insert into tbl (a, b) values (1, (2));").get();
+        assert_that(e.execute_cql("select a,b.a from tbl;").get0())
+                .is_rows()
+                .with_size(1)
+                .with_row({int32_type->decompose(1), int32_type->decompose(2)});
+    });
+}
+
 SEASTAR_TEST_CASE(test_user_type) {
     return do_with_cql_env([] (cql_test_env& e) {
         return e.execute_cql("create type ut1 (my_int int, my_bigint bigint, my_text text);").discard_result().then([&e] {