diff --git a/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern.go b/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern.go
index caf61ac823b..d146fffd59d 100644
--- a/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern.go
+++ b/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern.go
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // Package intern is a utility for interning byte slices for pq.Value's.
-// It is not safe for concurrent use.
 //
 // The Interner is used to intern byte slices for pq.Value's. This is useful
 // for reducing memory usage and improving performance when working with
@@ -18,7 +17,9 @@ func New() *Interner {
 	return &Interner{}
 }
 
-func (i *Interner) UnsafeClone(v *pq.Value) pq.Value {
+// Clone returns a unique shalow copy of the input pq.Value or derefernces the
+// received pointer.
+func (i *Interner) Clone(v *pq.Value) pq.Value {
 	switch v.Kind() {
 	case pq.ByteArray, pq.FixedLenByteArray:
 		return *unique.Make(v).Value()
diff --git a/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern_test.go b/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern_test.go
index 349b85ca974..5decc3e11b4 100644
--- a/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern_test.go
+++ b/pkg/parquetquery/intern/intern_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ func TestInterner_UnsafeClone(t *testing.T) {
 	value1 := pq.ByteArrayValue([]byte("foo"))
 	value2 := pq.ByteArrayValue([]byte("foo"))
 
-	clone1 := i.UnsafeClone(&value1)
-	clone2 := i.UnsafeClone(&value2)
+	clone1 := i.Clone(&value1)
+	clone2 := i.Clone(&value2)
 
 	if clone1.ByteArray()[0] != clone2.ByteArray()[0] {
 		// Values are interned, so the memory address should be the same
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func BenchmarkIntern(b *testing.B) {
 			b.ResetTimer()
 			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 				value := tc.valueFn(i)
-				_ = interner.UnsafeClone(&value)
+				_ = interner.Clone(&value)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go b/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go
index 4b77bd4776f..bef5f7d0202 100644
--- a/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go
+++ b/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ func (c *SyncIterator) makeResult(t RowNumber, v *pq.Value) *IteratorResult {
 	// always have length 0 or 1.
 	if len(c.at.Entries) == 1 {
 		if c.intern {
-			c.at.Entries[0].Value = c.interner.UnsafeClone(v)
+			c.at.Entries[0].Value = c.interner.Clone(v)
 		} else {
 			c.at.Entries[0].Value = v.Clone()
 		}