diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/ExpressionUtil.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/ExpressionUtil.java
index 68b9e9447926..028b07827b54 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/ExpressionUtil.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/ExpressionUtil.java
@@ -511,6 +511,10 @@ private static List<String> abbreviateValues(List<String> sanitizedValues) {
     return sanitizedValues;
   }
 
+  private static String sanitize(Type type, Literal<?> lit, long now, int today) {
+    return sanitize(type, lit.value(), now, today);
+  }
+
   private static String sanitize(Type type, Object value, long now, int today) {
     switch (type.typeId()) {
       case INTEGER:
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionUtil.java b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionUtil.java
index 10d3b6d0adfa..902c0260d63a 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionUtil.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/TestExpressionUtil.java
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@ public void testSanitizeDate() {
         Expressions.equal("test", "(date)"),
         ExpressionUtil.sanitize(Expressions.equal("test", "2022-04-29")));
 
+    assertEquals(
+        Expressions.equal("date", "(date)"),
+        ExpressionUtil.sanitize(Expressions.equal("date", "2022-04-29").bind(STRUCT, true)));
+
     assertEquals(
         Expressions.equal("date", "(date)"),
         ExpressionUtil.sanitize(STRUCT, Expressions.equal("date", "2022-04-29"), true));