diff --git a/src/box/vinyl.c b/src/box/vinyl.c
index 7bfc08848ec5fd43e99e0bbe8fc5a6f26fc69734..b0b32f9176a9867fd78cb73c7281e8bb80c1d2a8 100644
--- a/src/box/vinyl.c
+++ b/src/box/vinyl.c
@@ -1435,8 +1435,8 @@ vy_get_by_raw_key(struct vy_lsm *lsm, struct vy_tx *tx,
 		  const char *key_raw, uint32_t part_count,
 		  struct tuple **result)
 {
-	struct tuple *key = vy_stmt_new_select(lsm->env->key_format,
-					       key_raw, part_count);
+	struct tuple *key = vy_key_new(lsm->env->key_format,
+				       key_raw, part_count);
 	if (key == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	int rc = vy_get(lsm, tx, rv, key, result);
@@ -3799,7 +3799,7 @@ vinyl_index_create_iterator(struct index *base, enum iterator_type type,
 			 "mempool", "struct vinyl_iterator");
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	it->key = vy_stmt_new_select(lsm->env->key_format, key, part_count);
+	it->key = vy_key_new(lsm->env->key_format, key, part_count);
 	if (it->key == NULL) {
 		mempool_free(&env->iterator_pool, it);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/src/box/vy_lsm.c b/src/box/vy_lsm.c
index 29cd6eab38ab58b064895dcbac48f91db0ad0820..15be6bc544c8c0b93b89caa9fbd149711f7abb92 100644
--- a/src/box/vy_lsm.c
+++ b/src/box/vy_lsm.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ vy_lsm_env_create(struct vy_lsm_env *env, const char *path,
 		  vy_upsert_thresh_cb upsert_thresh_cb,
 		  void *upsert_thresh_arg)
 {
-	env->empty_key = vy_stmt_new_select(key_format, NULL, 0);
+	env->empty_key = vy_key_new(key_format, NULL, 0);
 	if (env->empty_key == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	env->path = path;
diff --git a/src/box/vy_stmt.c b/src/box/vy_stmt.c
index 91966d8c30315d960054d59226ba790b4a6c724b..49b95e85b1cfc958c3dcc3f3c318c27f451f8124 100644
--- a/src/box/vy_stmt.c
+++ b/src/box/vy_stmt.c
@@ -236,20 +236,8 @@ vy_stmt_dup_lsregion(const struct tuple *stmt, struct lsregion *lsregion,
 	return mem_stmt;
 }
 
-/**
- * Create the key statement from raw MessagePack data.
- * @param format     Format of an index.
- * @param key        MessagePack data that contain an array of
- *                   fields WITHOUT the array header.
- * @param part_count Count of the key fields that will be saved as
- *                   result.
- *
- * @retval not NULL Success.
- * @retval     NULL Memory allocation error.
- */
 struct tuple *
-vy_stmt_new_select(struct tuple_format *format, const char *key,
-		   uint32_t part_count)
+vy_key_new(struct tuple_format *format, const char *key, uint32_t part_count)
 {
 	assert(part_count == 0 || key != NULL);
 	/* Key don't have field map */
@@ -649,7 +637,7 @@ vy_stmt_extract_key(const struct tuple *stmt, struct key_def *key_def,
 		return NULL;
 	uint32_t part_count = mp_decode_array(&key_raw);
 	assert(part_count == key_def->part_count);
-	struct tuple *key = vy_stmt_new_select(format, key_raw, part_count);
+	struct tuple *key = vy_key_new(format, key_raw, part_count);
 	/* Cleanup memory allocated by tuple_extract_key(). */
 	region_truncate(region, region_svp);
 	return key;
@@ -668,7 +656,7 @@ vy_stmt_extract_key_raw(const char *data, const char *data_end,
 		return NULL;
 	uint32_t part_count = mp_decode_array(&key_raw);
 	assert(part_count == key_def->part_count);
-	struct tuple *key = vy_stmt_new_select(format, key_raw, part_count);
+	struct tuple *key = vy_key_new(format, key_raw, part_count);
 	/* Cleanup memory allocated by tuple_extract_key_raw(). */
 	region_truncate(region, region_svp);
 	return key;
diff --git a/src/box/vy_stmt.h b/src/box/vy_stmt.h
index 0332bbdb5b55b5aba8e354724f2f64c667087890..97baf0f51af72c11b4956f8af9aaa02443e797c1 100644
--- a/src/box/vy_stmt.h
+++ b/src/box/vy_stmt.h
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ vy_stmt_compare_with_raw_key(const struct tuple *stmt, const char *key,
 }
 
 /**
- * Create the SELECT statement from raw MessagePack data.
+ * Create a key statement from raw MessagePack data.
  * @param format     Format of an index.
  * @param key        MessagePack data that contain an array of
  *                   fields WITHOUT the array header.
@@ -393,8 +393,7 @@ vy_stmt_compare_with_raw_key(const struct tuple *stmt, const char *key,
  * @retval not NULL Success.
  */
 struct tuple *
-vy_stmt_new_select(struct tuple_format *format, const char *key,
-		   uint32_t part_count);
+vy_key_new(struct tuple_format *format, const char *key, uint32_t part_count);
 
 /**
  * Copy the key in a new memory area.
@@ -549,7 +548,7 @@ vy_stmt_upsert_ops(const struct tuple *tuple, uint32_t *mp_size)
 }
 
 /**
- * Create the SELECT statement from MessagePack array.
+ * Create a key statement from MessagePack array.
  * @param format  Format of an index.
  * @param key     MessagePack array of key fields.
  *
@@ -559,13 +558,8 @@ vy_stmt_upsert_ops(const struct tuple *tuple, uint32_t *mp_size)
 static inline struct tuple *
 vy_key_from_msgpack(struct tuple_format *format, const char *key)
 {
-	uint32_t part_count;
-	/*
-	 * The statement already is a key, so simply copy it in
-	 * the new struct vy_stmt as SELECT.
-	 */
-	part_count = mp_decode_array(&key);
-	return vy_stmt_new_select(format, key, part_count);
+	uint32_t part_count = mp_decode_array(&key);
+	return vy_key_new(format, key, part_count);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/unit/vy_iterators_helper.c b/test/unit/vy_iterators_helper.c
index 0b0fe4abfd01137d5bb42776a1f54583a3fd046f..173d58db160b772ba409b63df69dac2e3d39e7d7 100644
--- a/test/unit/vy_iterators_helper.c
+++ b/test/unit/vy_iterators_helper.c
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ vy_new_simple_stmt(struct tuple_format *format,
 		break;
 	}
 	case IPROTO_SELECT: {
-		const char *key = buf;
-		uint part_count = mp_decode_array(&key);
-		ret = vy_stmt_new_select(stmt_env.key_format, key, part_count);
+		ret = vy_key_from_msgpack(stmt_env.key_format, buf);
 		fail_if(ret == NULL);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/test/unit/vy_mem.c b/test/unit/vy_mem.c
index 0226a62ab56bcb65dd0ffa372ff375f75744c14f..5d114ccc4f7c5aa0073576328e0960ca4b0304e5 100644
--- a/test/unit/vy_mem.c
+++ b/test/unit/vy_mem.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ test_iterator_restore_after_insertion()
 	struct slab_cache *slab_cache = cord_slab_cache();
 	lsregion_create(&lsregion, slab_cache->arena);
 
-	struct tuple *select_key = vy_stmt_new_select(format, "", 0);
+	struct tuple *select_key = vy_key_new(format, NULL, 0);
 
 	struct mempool history_node_pool;
 	mempool_create(&history_node_pool, cord_slab_cache(),