diff --git a/cpp/velox/substrait/VeloxSubstraitSignature.cc b/cpp/velox/substrait/VeloxSubstraitSignature.cc
index a7d59c20cc96b..34e0df6de2fdb 100644
--- a/cpp/velox/substrait/VeloxSubstraitSignature.cc
+++ b/cpp/velox/substrait/VeloxSubstraitSignature.cc
@@ -172,10 +172,9 @@ TypePtr VeloxSubstraitSignature::fromSubstraitSignature(const std::string& signa
   if (startWith(signature, "struct")) {
     // Struct type name is in the format of struct<T1,T2,...,Tn>.
     auto types = parseNestedTypeSignature(signature);
-    std::vector<std::string> names;
-    names.resize(types.size());
+    std::vector<std::string> names(types.size());
     for (int i = 0; i < types.size(); i++) {
-      names.emplace_back("");
+      names[i] = "";
     }
     return std::make_shared<RowType>(std::move(names), std::move(types));
   }