diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/ge_data_profiler.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/ge_data_profiler.py
index c04f2f8e5a..b16287dcfc 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/ge_data_profiler.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/ge_data_profiler.py
@@ -142,11 +142,17 @@ class GEProfilerRequest:
     batch_kwargs: dict
 
 
-def get_column_unique_count_patch(self: SqlAlchemyDataset, column: str) -> int:
+def get_column_unique_count_dh_patch(self: SqlAlchemyDataset, column: str) -> int:
     if self.engine.dialect.name.lower() == REDSHIFT:
         element_values = self.engine.execute(
             sa.select(
-                [sa.text(f'APPROXIMATE count(distinct "{column}")')]  # type:ignore
+                [
+                    # We use coalesce here to force SQL Alchemy to see this
+                    # as a column expression.
+                    sa.func.coalesce(
+                        sa.text(f'APPROXIMATE count(distinct "{column}")')
+                    ),
+                ]
             ).select_from(self._table)
         )
         return convert_to_json_serializable(element_values.fetchone()[0])
@@ -154,9 +160,7 @@ def get_column_unique_count_patch(self: SqlAlchemyDataset, column: str) -> int:
         element_values = self.engine.execute(
             sa.select(
                 [
-                    sa.text(  # type:ignore
-                        f"APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT(`{column}`)"
-                    )
+                    sa.func.coalesce(sa.text(f"APPROX_COUNT_DISTINCT(`{column}`)")),
                 ]
             ).select_from(self._table)
         )
@@ -233,9 +237,16 @@ def _is_single_row_query_method(query: Any) -> bool:
         "unexpected_count",
     ]
 
+    FIRST_PARTY_SINGLE_ROW_QUERY_METHODS = {
+        "get_column_unique_count_dh_patch",
+    }
+
     # We'll do this the inefficient way since the arrays are pretty small.
     stack = traceback.extract_stack()
     for frame in reversed(stack):
+        if frame.name in FIRST_PARTY_SINGLE_ROW_QUERY_METHODS:
+            return True
+
         if not any(frame.filename.endswith(file) for file in SINGLE_ROW_QUERY_FILES):
             continue
 
@@ -1023,7 +1034,7 @@ class DatahubGEProfiler:
 
         with PerfTimer() as timer, unittest.mock.patch(
             "great_expectations.dataset.sqlalchemy_dataset.SqlAlchemyDataset.get_column_unique_count",
-            get_column_unique_count_patch,
+            get_column_unique_count_dh_patch,
         ), unittest.mock.patch(
             "great_expectations.dataset.sqlalchemy_dataset.SqlAlchemyDataset._get_column_quantiles_bigquery",
             _get_column_quantiles_bigquery_patch,