diff --git a/pkg/clickhouse/ingester.go b/pkg/clickhouse/ingester.go
index 128a1a29fc9..4df702a8490 100644
--- a/pkg/clickhouse/ingester.go
+++ b/pkg/clickhouse/ingester.go
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ func decodeLineInfo(data []byte) LineInfo {
 		offset += n
 		info.LineNumber = int64(lineNum)
 
+		// Read the column. pprof carries no column information, so
+		// EncodePprofLocation writes a uvarint zero here -- a single 0x00 byte.
+		// Leaving it unread makes the hasFunction read below land on the column
+		// instead of the flag, where it is always false, which silently discards
+		// the function name, system name, filename and start line of every
+		// already-symbolized location.
+		_, n = varint.Uvarint(data[offset:])
+		offset += n
+
 		hasFunction := data[offset] == 0x1
 		offset++
 
diff --git a/pkg/clickhouse/ingester_test.go b/pkg/clickhouse/ingester_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2aa89119b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/clickhouse/ingester_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Parca Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package clickhouse
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	pprofextended "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/profiles/v1development"
+
+	pprofpb "github.com/parca-dev/parca/gen/proto/go/google/pprof"
+	"github.com/parca-dev/parca/pkg/profile"
+)
+
+// decodeLineInfo must stay in step with the location encoders, which write a
+// column between the line number and the hasFunction flag.
+//
+// Every encoder in pkg/profile agrees on that layout -- EncodePprofLocation,
+// EncodeOtelLocation, EncodeArrowLocation and the normalizer's v2 encoder --
+// and so does the canonical decoder, profile.DecodeInto. A decoder that skips
+// the column reads the column's own bytes as the flag, which costs the whole
+// function block: name, system name, filename and start line.
+//
+// These drive the real encoders rather than hand-built blobs on purpose. A blob
+// written by hand would be written from whatever the decoder happens to do, and
+// so would agree with any bug it was supposed to catch.
+func TestDecodeLineInfoRoundTripsTheEncodedLocation(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		wantName  = "bufio.(*Reader).Peek"
+		wantSys   = "bufio.(*Reader).Peek"
+		wantFile  = "/usr/local/go/src/bufio/bufio.go"
+		wantLine  = 42
+		wantStart = 10
+	)
+
+	// pprof carries no column information, so EncodePprofLocation writes a
+	// uvarint zero -- a single 0x00 byte. The mapping block sits between the
+	// line count and the lines, so a decoder that is wrong about one can
+	// easily be right about the other; cover both. Values are non-zero so the
+	// uvarints are more than one byte each.
+	t.Run("pprof", func(t *testing.T) {
+		stringTable := []string{"", wantName, wantSys, wantFile, "build-id", "/bin/svc"}
+		funcs := []*pprofpb.Function{{Id: 1, Name: 1, SystemName: 2, Filename: 3, StartLine: wantStart}}
+
+		for _, tc := range []struct {
+			name    string
+			mapping *pprofpb.Mapping
+		}{
+			{"with a mapping", &pprofpb.Mapping{
+				Id: 1, BuildId: 4, Filename: 5,
+				MemoryStart: 0x1000, MemoryLimit: 0x2000, FileOffset: 8,
+			}},
+			{"without a mapping", nil},
+		} {
+			t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				loc := &pprofpb.Location{
+					Id: 1, Address: 0xdeadbeef,
+					Line: []*pprofpb.Line{{FunctionId: 1, Line: wantLine}},
+				}
+				if tc.mapping != nil {
+					loc.MappingId = tc.mapping.Id
+				}
+
+				got := decodeLineInfo(profile.EncodePprofLocation(loc, tc.mapping, funcs, stringTable))
+
+				require.Equal(t, wantName, got.FunctionName, "the function name was discarded")
+				require.Equal(t, wantSys, got.FunctionSystemName)
+				require.Equal(t, wantFile, got.FunctionFilename)
+				require.EqualValues(t, wantLine, got.LineNumber)
+				require.EqualValues(t, wantStart, got.FunctionStartLine)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	// A zero column is a single 0x00 byte, which cannot tell a uvarint read
+	// apart from a bare offset++. OTLP locations carry real column numbers, so
+	// they are what pins the read down -- and a multi-byte column (>= 0x80) is
+	// what pins down that it is a *uvarint* read rather than a one-byte skip.
+	t.Run("otel with a non-zero column", func(t *testing.T) {
+		stringTable := []string{"", wantName, wantSys, wantFile, "build-id", "/bin/svc"}
+		funcs := []*pprofextended.Function{{
+			NameStrindex: 1, SystemNameStrindex: 2, FilenameStrindex: 3, StartLine: wantStart,
+		}}
+
+		for _, column := range []int64{1, 7, 300, 16384} {
+			t.Run("column", func(t *testing.T) {
+				loc := &pprofextended.Location{
+					Address: 0xdeadbeef,
+					Lines:   []*pprofextended.Line{{FunctionIndex: 1, Line: wantLine, Column: column}},
+				}
+
+				got := decodeLineInfo(profile.EncodeOtelLocation(nil, loc, nil, funcs, stringTable))
+
+				require.Equal(t, wantName, got.FunctionName, "column %d desynchronised the decoder", column)
+				require.Equal(t, wantSys, got.FunctionSystemName)
+				require.Equal(t, wantFile, got.FunctionFilename)
+				require.EqualValues(t, wantLine, got.LineNumber)
+				require.EqualValues(t, wantStart, got.FunctionStartLine)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	// A line with no function is a representable shape: the encoder writes the
+	// flag as 0x0 and no function block. The fields must come back zeroed --
+	// which is the truth about this location, not a dropped name.
+	t.Run("line without a function", func(t *testing.T) {
+		loc := &pprofpb.Location{
+			Id: 1, Address: 0xdeadbeef,
+			Line: []*pprofpb.Line{{FunctionId: 0, Line: wantLine}},
+		}
+
+		got := decodeLineInfo(profile.EncodePprofLocation(loc, nil, nil, []string{""}))
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, wantLine, got.LineNumber)
+		require.Empty(t, got.FunctionName)
+		require.Empty(t, got.FunctionSystemName)
+		require.Empty(t, got.FunctionFilename)
+		require.Zero(t, got.FunctionStartLine)
+	})
+}