diff --git a/jetstream/analysis.py b/jetstream/analysis.py
index 985fdaaf..4788403c 100644
--- a/jetstream/analysis.py
+++ b/jetstream/analysis.py
@@ -831,6 +831,39 @@ def _create_subset_metric_table_query_univariate(
 
         return query
 
+    def _covariate_table_metric_name(
+        self,
+        during_metric: Metric,
+        covariate_metric_name: str,
+        covariate_period: AnalysisPeriod,
+        discrete_metrics: bool,
+    ) -> str | None:
+        """Resolves the ``metric`` argument for the preenrollment covariate table name.
+
+        Discrete metric tables are partitioned by data source (see calculate_metric_for_ds),
+        so the covariate table is named using the data source name of the covariate metric --
+        the table that actually contains the covariate metric's column. For non-discrete
+        analyses tables are not partitioned by data source, so no metric component is used.
+        """
+        if not discrete_metrics:
+            return None
+
+        # the covariate may be configured as a different metric than the during-experiment
+        # metric; look it up in the covariate period to use its own data source
+        if covariate_metric_name != during_metric.name:
+            covariate_metric = next(
+                (
+                    summary.metric
+                    for summary in self.config.metrics.get(covariate_period, [])
+                    if summary.metric.name == covariate_metric_name
+                ),
+                None,
+            )
+            if covariate_metric is not None:
+                return covariate_metric.data_source.name
+
+        return during_metric.data_source.name
+
     def _create_subset_metric_table_query_covariate(
         self,
         metric_table_name: str,
@@ -850,7 +883,9 @@ def _create_subset_metric_table_query_covariate(
                 "metrics with dependencies are not currently supported for covariate adjustment"
             )
 
-        metric_name = metric.name if discrete_metrics else None
+        metric_name = self._covariate_table_metric_name(
+            metric, covariate_metric_name, covariate_period, discrete_metrics
+        )
         covariate_table_name = self._table_name(
             covariate_period.value, 1, analysis_basis=AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS, metric=metric_name
         )
@@ -933,7 +968,10 @@ def _subset_metric_table_prerequisites(
         if covariate_params := summary.statistic.params.get("covariate_adjustment", False):  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
             covariate_period = AnalysisPeriod(covariate_params["period"])
             if covariate_period != period and period not in PREENROLLMENT_PERIODS:
-                metric_name = summary.metric.name if discrete_metrics else None
+                covariate_metric_name = covariate_params.get("metric", summary.metric.name)
+                metric_name = self._covariate_table_metric_name(
+                    summary.metric, covariate_metric_name, covariate_period, discrete_metrics
+                )
                 prereqs.add(
                     self._table_name(
                         covariate_period.value, 1, AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS, metric=metric_name
diff --git a/jetstream/tests/test_analysis.py b/jetstream/tests/test_analysis.py
index 5418fa91..05ecad79 100644
--- a/jetstream/tests/test_analysis.py
+++ b/jetstream/tests/test_analysis.py
@@ -1577,6 +1577,85 @@ def test_subset_metric_table_prerequisites_covariate(experiments):
     assert prereqs == {expected_covariate_table}
 
 
+def test_subset_metric_table_prerequisites_covariate_discrete_uses_data_source(experiments):
+    """For discrete metrics, the preenrollment covariate table is partitioned by data source,
+    so the prerequisite table name must use the data source name, not the metric name."""
+    metric = Metric(
+        name="metric_name",
+        data_source=DataSource(name="test_data_source", from_expression="test.test"),
+        select_expression="test",
+        analysis_bases=[AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS],
+    )
+    summary = MagicMock()
+    summary.statistic.params = {
+        "covariate_adjustment": {"metric": "metric_name", "period": "preenrollment_week"}
+    }
+    summary.metric = metric
+
+    analysis = _empty_analysis(experiments)
+    prereqs = analysis._subset_metric_table_prerequisites(
+        summary,
+        "normandy_test_slug_enrollments_test_data_source_week_1",
+        AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS,
+        AnalysisPeriod.WEEK,
+        True,
+    )
+
+    # table is named by data source, matching how calculate_metric_for_ds writes it
+    expected_covariate_table = analysis._table_name(
+        AnalysisPeriod.PREENROLLMENT_WEEK.value,
+        1,
+        AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS,
+        metric="test_data_source",
+    )
+    assert prereqs == {expected_covariate_table}
+    # the (buggy) metric-name-based table should NOT be referenced
+    wrong_table = analysis._table_name(
+        AnalysisPeriod.PREENROLLMENT_WEEK.value,
+        1,
+        AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS,
+        metric="metric_name",
+    )
+    assert wrong_table not in prereqs
+
+
+def test_covariate_table_metric_name_resolves_covariate_data_source(experiments):
+    """When the covariate is a different metric than the during-experiment metric, the table
+    name must use the covariate metric's own data source."""
+    from jetstream.statistics import Summary as JetstreamSummary
+
+    during_metric = Metric(
+        name="during_metric",
+        data_source=DataSource(name="during_ds", from_expression="test.test"),
+        select_expression="test",
+        analysis_bases=[AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS],
+    )
+    covariate_metric = Metric(
+        name="covariate_metric",
+        data_source=DataSource(name="covariate_ds", from_expression="test.test"),
+        select_expression="test",
+        analysis_bases=[AnalysisBasis.ENROLLMENTS],
+    )
+
+    analysis = _empty_analysis(experiments)
+    analysis.config.metrics = {
+        AnalysisPeriod.PREENROLLMENT_WEEK: [JetstreamSummary(covariate_metric, MagicMock(), [])],
+    }
+
+    resolved = analysis._covariate_table_metric_name(
+        during_metric, "covariate_metric", AnalysisPeriod.PREENROLLMENT_WEEK, True
+    )
+    assert resolved == "covariate_ds"
+
+    # non-discrete analyses are not partitioned by data source -> no metric component
+    assert (
+        analysis._covariate_table_metric_name(
+            during_metric, "covariate_metric", AnalysisPeriod.PREENROLLMENT_WEEK, False
+        )
+        is None
+    )
+
+
 def test_subset_metric_table_prerequisites_covariate_skipped_for_preenrollment_period(experiments):
     """When the current period is a preenrollment period, covariate adjustment is not applied,
     so no extra prerequisite table should be returned."""