diff --git a/base/base/bit_cast.h b/base/base/bit_cast.h
index d1246b45590..b2b6915764d 100644
--- a/base/base/bit_cast.h
+++ b/base/base/bit_cast.h
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 
 
-/** \brief Returns value `from` converted to type `To` while retaining bit representation.
-  *    `To` and `From` must satisfy `CopyConstructible`.
+/** Returns value `from` converted to type `To` while retaining bit representation.
+  * `To` and `From` must satisfy `CopyConstructible`.
+  * In contrast to std::bit_cast can cast types of different width.
   */
 template <typename To, typename From>
 std::decay_t<To> bit_cast(const From & from)
@@ -15,13 +16,3 @@ std::decay_t<To> bit_cast(const From & from)
     memcpy(static_cast<void*>(&res), &from, std::min(sizeof(res), sizeof(from)));
     return res;
 }
-
-/** \brief Returns value `from` converted to type `To` while retaining bit representation.
-  *    `To` and `From` must satisfy `CopyConstructible`.
-  */
-template <typename To, typename From>
-std::decay_t<To> safe_bit_cast(const From & from)
-{
-    static_assert(sizeof(To) == sizeof(From), "bit cast on types of different width");
-    return bit_cast<To, From>(from);
-}
diff --git a/src/Functions/transform.cpp b/src/Functions/transform.cpp
index 28c261c7bf8..16564aa2fea 100644
--- a/src/Functions/transform.cpp
+++ b/src/Functions/transform.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <base/bit_cast.h>
 
+#include <Common/FieldVisitorDump.h>
 #include <Common/FieldVisitorConvertToNumber.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypeArray.h>
 #include <Columns/ColumnString.h>
@@ -920,8 +921,7 @@ private:
         ColumnString::Offset current_dst_default_offset = 0;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
         {
-            T key = src[i];
-            const auto * it = table.find(key);
+            const auto * it = table.find(bit_cast<UInt64>(src[i]));
             StringRef ref;
 
             if (it)
@@ -1181,6 +1181,8 @@ private:
                     if (key.isNull())
                         continue;
 
+                    std::cerr << applyVisitor(FieldVisitorDump(), key) << ": " << bitCastToUInt64(key) << "\n";
+
                     const String & str_to = to[i].get<const String &>();
                     StringRef ref{cache.string_pool.insert(str_to.data(), str_to.size() + 1), str_to.size() + 1};
                     table[bitCastToUInt64(key)] = ref;