diff --git a/R/db_joins.R b/R/db_joins.R
index 9a1282f1..cb706848 100644
--- a/R/db_joins.R
+++ b/R/db_joins.R
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ inner_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
   }
 
   # Prepare the combined join
-  out <- do.call(dplyr::inner_join, args = join_args(.dots))
+  out <- do.call(dplyr::inner_join, args = join_args(x, y, by, .dots))
   out$lazy_query$vars <- join_na_select_fix(out$lazy_query$vars, .dots$na_by)
 
   return(out)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ left_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
     return(NextMethod("left_join"))
   }
 
-  out <- do.call(dplyr::left_join, args = join_args(.dots))
+  out <- do.call(dplyr::left_join, args = join_args(x, y, by, .dots))
   out$lazy_query$vars <- join_na_select_fix(out$lazy_query$vars, .dots$na_by)
 
   return(out)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ right_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
     return(NextMethod("right_join"))
   }
 
-  out <- do.call(dplyr::right_join, args = join_args(.dots))
+  out <- do.call(dplyr::right_join, args = join_args(x, y, by, .dots))
   out$lazy_query$vars <- join_na_select_fix(out$lazy_query$vars, .dots$na_by, right = TRUE)
 
   return(out)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ full_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
     return(NextMethod("full_join"))
   }
 
-  out <- do.call(dplyr::full_join, args = join_args(.dots))
+  out <- do.call(dplyr::full_join, args = join_args(x, y, by, .dots))
   out$lazy_query$vars <- join_na_select_fix(out$lazy_query$vars, .dots$na_by)
 
   return(out)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ semi_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
     return(NextMethod("semi_join"))
   }
 
-  out <- do.call(dplyr::semi_join, args = join_args(.dots))
+  out <- do.call(dplyr::semi_join, args = join_args(x, y, by, .dots))
 
   return(out)
 }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ anti_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
     return(NextMethod("anti_join"))
   }
 
-  out <- do.call(dplyr::anti_join, args = join_args(.dots))
+  out <- do.call(dplyr::anti_join, args = join_args(x, y, by, .dots))
 
   return(out)
 }
@@ -197,14 +197,11 @@ join_warn_experimental <- function() {
 #' @param .dots (`list`) \cr
 #'   Arguments passed to the `*_join` function.
 #' @noRd
-join_args <- function(.dots) {
-  # Grab the environment of the caller and add the dot args
-  args <- append(as.list(rlang::caller_env()), .dots)
+join_args <- function(x, y, by, .dots) {
 
   # Remove the na matching args, and let join_na_sql combine the `by` and `na_by` statements
-  args$na_by <- NULL
-  args$na_matches <- NULL
-  args$by <- join_na_sql(args$x, args$y, by = args$by, na_by = .dots$na_by)
+  by <- join_na_sql(x, y, by, .dots)
+  args <- append(list(x = x, y = y, by = by), purrr::discard_at(.dots, c("na_by", "na_matches")))
 
   return(args)
 }
@@ -254,7 +251,14 @@ join_merger <- function(by, na_by) {
 #'   A `dplyr_join_by` object to join by such that "NA" are matched with "NA" given the columns listed in `by` and
 #'   `na_by`.
 #' @noRd
-join_na_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, na_by = NULL) {
+join_na_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, .dots = NULL) {
+
+  # Early return if no na_by statement is given
+  if (is.null(.dots$na_by)) {
+    return(by)
+  } else {
+    na_by <- .dots$na_by
+  }
 
   # Check arguments
   checkmate::assert(
@@ -270,17 +274,24 @@ join_na_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, na_by = NULL) {
 
   # Convert to dplyr_join_by if not already
   if (!is.null(by) && !inherits(by, "dplyr_join_by")) {
-    by <- dplyr::join_by(!!by)
+    by <- dplyr::join_by(!!!by)
   }
 
   if (!is.null(na_by) && !inherits(na_by, "dplyr_join_by")) {
-    na_by <- dplyr::join_by(!!na_by)
+    na_by <- dplyr::join_by(!!!na_by)
   }
 
-  combined_join <- join_merger(by, na_by)
-
   # Get the translation for matching the na_by component of the join
-  na_subquery <- dbplyr::remote_query(dplyr::inner_join(x, y, by = combined_join, na_matches = "na"))
+  subquery_args <- purrr::discard_at(.dots, "na_by") |>
+    modifyList(
+      list(
+        x = x,
+        y = y,
+        by = join_merger(by, na_by),
+        na_matches = "na"
+      )
+    )
+  na_subquery <- dbplyr::remote_query(do.call(dplyr::inner_join, args = subquery_args))
 
   # Determine the NA matching statement by extracting from the translated query.
   # E.g. on RSQlite, the keyword "IS" checks if arguments are identical
@@ -317,7 +328,9 @@ join_na_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, na_by = NULL) {
 #'   A `tibble` with the `vars` component of the `lazy_query` fixed to remove doubly selected columns.
 #' @noRd
 join_na_select_fix <- function(vars, na_by, right = FALSE) {
-  if (!inherits(na_by, "dplyr_join_by")) na_by <- dplyr::join_by(!!na_by)
+  if (is.null(na_by)) return(vars)
+
+  if (!inherits(na_by, "dplyr_join_by")) na_by <- dplyr::join_by(!!!na_by)
 
   # All equality joins in `na_by` are incorrectly translated
   doubly_selected_columns <- na_by |>
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-filter_keys.R b/tests/testthat/test-filter_keys.R
index ad6952cc..76b80b4a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-filter_keys.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-filter_keys.R
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test_that("filter_keys() works with copy = TRUE", {
                    dplyr::collect())
 
     # The above filter_keys with `copy = TRUE` generates a dbplyr_### table.
-    # We manually remove this since we expect it. If more arrise, we will get an error.
+    # We manually remove this since we expect it. If more arise, we will get an error.
     DBI::dbRemoveTable(conn, id(utils::head(get_tables(conn, "dbplyr_"), 1)))
 
     connection_clean_up(conn)