diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/sink_external_connection.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/sink_external_connection.go
index 4802957fbefa..c4715670f799 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/sink_external_connection.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/sink_external_connection.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func validateExternalConnectionSinkURI(
 	// TODO(adityamaru): When we add `CREATE EXTERNAL CONNECTION ... WITH` support
 	// to accept JSONConfig we should validate that here too.
 	_, err := getSink(ctx, serverCfg, jobspb.ChangefeedDetails{SinkURI: uri}, nil, env.Username,
-		jobspb.JobID(0), nil)
+		jobspb.JobID(0), (*sliMetrics)(nil))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "invalid changefeed sink URI")
 	}