diff --git a/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/context.go b/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/context.go
index b50f72854d8..c3fa5d8678d 100644
--- a/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/context.go
+++ b/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/context.go
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ func connFromContext(ctx context.Context) *sqlx.Conn {
 // This is used to use certain session aware features like temporary tables.
 func (c *connection) sessionAwareContext(ctx context.Context) context.Context {
 	if c.opts.Protocol == clickhouse.HTTP {
-		settings := maps.Clone(c.opts.Settings)
+		var settings map[string]any
+		if len(c.opts.Settings) == 0 {
+			settings = make(map[string]any)
+		} else {
+			settings = maps.Clone(c.opts.Settings)
+		}
 		settings["session_id"] = uuid.New().String()
 		return clickhouse.Context(ctx, clickhouse.WithSettings(settings))
 	}
diff --git a/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/olap_test.go b/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/olap_test.go
index 57bce3a204d..9a0fbf0cb8e 100644
--- a/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/olap_test.go
+++ b/runtime/drivers/clickhouse/olap_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package clickhouse_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ func TestClickhouseSingle(t *testing.T) {
 
 	olap, ok := conn.AsOLAP("default")
 	require.True(t, ok)
+	t.Run("WithConnection", func(t *testing.T) { testWithConnection(t, olap) })
 	t.Run("RenameView", func(t *testing.T) { testRenameView(t, olap) })
 	t.Run("RenameTable", func(t *testing.T) { testRenameTable(t, olap) })
 	t.Run("CreateTableAsSelect", func(t *testing.T) { testCreateTableAsSelect(t, olap) })
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ func TestClickhouseCluster(t *testing.T) {
 
 	prepareClusterConn(t, olap, cluster)
 
+	t.Run("WithConnection", func(t *testing.T) { testWithConnection(t, olap) })
 	t.Run("RenameView", func(t *testing.T) { testRenameView(t, olap) })
 	t.Run("RenameTable", func(t *testing.T) { testRenameTable(t, olap) })
 	t.Run("CreateTableAsSelect", func(t *testing.T) { testCreateTableAsSelect(t, olap) })
@@ -62,6 +65,33 @@ func TestClickhouseCluster(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("TestDictionary", func(t *testing.T) { testDictionary(t, olap) })
 }
 
+func testWithConnection(t *testing.T, olap drivers.OLAPStore) {
+	err := olap.WithConnection(context.Background(), 1, false, func(ctx, ensuredCtx context.Context, conn *sql.Conn) error {
+		err := olap.Exec(ctx, &drivers.Statement{
+			Query: "CREATE table tbl engine=Memory AS SELECT 1 AS id, 'Earth' AS planet",
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		res, err := olap.Execute(ctx, &drivers.Statement{
+			Query: "SELECT id, planet FROM tbl",
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		var (
+			id     int
+			planet string
+		)
+		for res.Next() {
+			err = res.Scan(&id, &planet)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, 1, id)
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, res.Err())
+		require.NoError(t, res.Close())
+		return nil
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func testRenameView(t *testing.T, olap drivers.OLAPStore) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	opts := &drivers.CreateTableOptions{