diff --git a/sq/structscanner.go b/sq/structscanner.go
index d2307e5..b28808c 100644
--- a/sq/structscanner.go
+++ b/sq/structscanner.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (r *StructScanner) StructScanExt(dest any) error {
 
 	v = v.Elem()
 
-	err := fieldsByTraversal(v, r.fields, r.values)
+	err := fieldsByTraversalExtended(v, r.fields, r.values)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (r *StructScanner) StructScanBase(dest any) error {
 
 	v = v.Elem()
 
-	err := fieldsByTraversal(v, r.fields, r.values)
+	err := fieldsByTraversalBase(v, r.fields, r.values, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (r *StructScanner) StructScanBase(dest any) error {
 }
 
 // fieldsByTraversal forked from github.com/jmoiron/sqlx@v1.3.5/sqlx.go
-func fieldsByTraversal(v reflect.Value, traversals [][]int, values []interface{}) error {
+func fieldsByTraversalExtended(v reflect.Value, traversals [][]int, values []interface{}) error {
 	v = reflect.Indirect(v)
 	if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
 		return errors.New("argument not a struct")
@@ -190,6 +190,28 @@ func fieldsByTraversal(v reflect.Value, traversals [][]int, values []interface{}
 	return nil
 }
 
+// fieldsByTraversal forked from github.com/jmoiron/sqlx@v1.3.5/sqlx.go
+func fieldsByTraversalBase(v reflect.Value, traversals [][]int, values []interface{}, ptrs bool) error {
+	v = reflect.Indirect(v)
+	if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return errors.New("argument not a struct")
+	}
+
+	for i, traversal := range traversals {
+		if len(traversal) == 0 {
+			values[i] = new(interface{})
+			continue
+		}
+		f := reflectx.FieldByIndexes(v, traversal)
+		if ptrs {
+			values[i] = f.Addr().Interface()
+		} else {
+			values[i] = f.Interface()
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // missingFields forked from github.com/jmoiron/sqlx@v1.3.5/sqlx.go
 func missingFields(transversals [][]int) (field int, err error) {
 	for i, t := range transversals {