diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.cpp
index e8792be6293..891ba1b9660 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ IMergeTreeDataPartWriter::IMergeTreeDataPartWriter(
     const MergeTreeSettingsPtr & storage_settings_,
     const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list_,
     const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot_,
-    const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns_,
+    const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns_,
     const MergeTreeWriterSettings & settings_,
     const MergeTreeIndexGranularity & index_granularity_)
     : data_part_name(data_part_name_)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ MergeTreeDataPartWriterPtr createMergeTreeDataPartCompactWriter(
         const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list,
         const ColumnPositions & column_positions,
         const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot,
-        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns,
+        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns,
         const std::vector<MergeTreeIndexPtr> & indices_to_recalc,
         const Statistics & stats_to_recalc_,
         const String & marks_file_extension_,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ MergeTreeDataPartWriterPtr createMergeTreeDataPartWideWriter(
         const MergeTreeSettingsPtr & storage_settings_,
         const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list,
         const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot,
-        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns,
+        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns,
         const std::vector<MergeTreeIndexPtr> & indices_to_recalc,
         const Statistics & stats_to_recalc_,
         const String & marks_file_extension_,
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ MergeTreeDataPartWriterPtr createMergeTreeDataPartWriter(
         const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list,
         const ColumnPositions & column_positions,
         const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot,
-        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns,
+        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns,
         const std::vector<MergeTreeIndexPtr> & indices_to_recalc,
         const Statistics & stats_to_recalc_,
         const String & marks_file_extension_,
diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.h b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.h
index 8eb546c4f2c..f04beb37ebb 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.h
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/IMergeTreeDataPartWriter.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
         const MergeTreeSettingsPtr & storage_settings_,
         const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list_,
         const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot_,
-        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns_,
+        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns_,
         const MergeTreeWriterSettings & settings_,
         const MergeTreeIndexGranularity & index_granularity_ = {});
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ MergeTreeDataPartWriterPtr createMergeTreeDataPartWriter(
         const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list,
         const ColumnPositions & column_positions,
         const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot,
-        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns_,
+        const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns_,
         const std::vector<MergeTreeIndexPtr> & indices_to_recalc,
         const Statistics & stats_to_recalc_,
         const String & marks_file_extension,
diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartCompact.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartCompact.cpp
index 98eda5573ce..4a160e5e229 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartCompact.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartCompact.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ MergeTreeDataPartWriterPtr createMergeTreeDataPartCompactWriter(
     const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list,
     const ColumnPositions & column_positions,
     const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot,
-    const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns,
+    const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns,
     const std::vector<MergeTreeIndexPtr> & indices_to_recalc,
     const Statistics & stats_to_recalc_,
     const String & marks_file_extension_,
diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartWide.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartWide.cpp
index d4630d3dd3f..149f86cef00 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartWide.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeDataPartWide.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ MergeTreeDataPartWriterPtr createMergeTreeDataPartWideWriter(
     const MergeTreeSettingsPtr & storage_settings_,
     const NamesAndTypesList & columns_list,
     const StorageMetadataPtr & metadata_snapshot,
-    const VirtualsDescriptionPtr virtual_columns,
+    const VirtualsDescriptionPtr & virtual_columns,
     const std::vector<MergeTreeIndexPtr> & indices_to_recalc,
     const Statistics & stats_to_recalc_,
     const String & marks_file_extension_,