diff --git a/ibis/backends/datafusion/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/datafusion/__init__.py
index 63ea71d52854..03bf78cf2fa3 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/datafusion/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/datafusion/__init__.py
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def create_table(
         with self._safe_raw_sql(create_stmt):
             pass
 
-        return self.table(name, schema=database)
+        return self.table(name, database=database)
 
     def truncate_table(
         self, name: str, database: str | None = None, schema: str | None = None
diff --git a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
index abea8e8c5e0a..55f9aa1f232e 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/duckdb/__init__.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def create_table(
                         ).sql(self.name)
                     )
 
-        return self.table(name, schema=database)
+        return self.table(name, database=database)
 
     def _load_into_cache(self, name, expr):
         self.create_table(name, expr, schema=expr.schema(), temp=True)
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ def read_mysql(
         with self._safe_raw_sql(query_con):
             pass
 
-        return self.table(table_name, schema=database, database=catalog)
+        return self.table(table_name, database=(database, catalog))
 
     def read_sqlite(self, path: str | Path, table_name: str | None = None) -> ir.Table:
         """Register a table from a SQLite database into a DuckDB table.
diff --git a/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py
index 365ca2019e5c..6ebdb259fd69 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/mssql/__init__.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def create_table(
                 cur.execute(f"EXEC sp_rename '{old}', '{new}'")
 
         if schema is None:
-            return self.table(name, schema=database)
+            return self.table(name, database=database)
 
         # preserve the input schema if it was provided
         return ops.DatabaseTable(
diff --git a/ibis/backends/mysql/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/mysql/__init__.py
index 40d3b568b3c6..f09768054d19 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/mysql/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/mysql/__init__.py
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ def create_table(
                 )
 
         if schema is None:
-            return self.table(name, schema=database)
+            return self.table(name, database=database)
 
         # preserve the input schema if it was provided
         return ops.DatabaseTable(
diff --git a/ibis/backends/postgres/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/postgres/__init__.py
index fbd351c1dc00..7a0ddcfd28bd 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/postgres/__init__.py
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ def create_table(
                 )
 
         if schema is None:
-            return self.table(name, schema=database)
+            return self.table(name, database=database)
 
         # preserve the input schema if it was provided
         return ops.DatabaseTable(
diff --git a/ibis/backends/risingwave/__init__.py b/ibis/backends/risingwave/__init__.py
index 0f6142c1f4a0..9456b00688b9 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/risingwave/__init__.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/risingwave/__init__.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def create_table(
                 )
 
         if schema is None:
-            return self.table(name, schema=database)
+            return self.table(name, database=database)
 
         # preserve the input schema if it was provided
         return ops.DatabaseTable(
diff --git a/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py b/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py
index 5bf0db6a47c9..ac565aa98186 100644
--- a/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py
+++ b/ibis/tests/benchmarks/test_benchmarks.py
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ def test_snowflake_medium_sized_to_pandas(benchmark):
     # to make the benchmark fast enough for development, yet large enough to show a
     # difference if there's a performance hit
     lineitem = con.table(
-        "LINEITEM", schema="TPCH_SF1", database="SNOWFLAKE_SAMPLE_DATA"
+        "LINEITEM", database=("SNOWFLAKE_SAMPLE_DATA", "TPCH_SF1")
     ).limit(1_000_000)
 
     benchmark.pedantic(lineitem.to_pandas, rounds=5, iterations=1, warmup_rounds=1)