diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
index 211ba65389..2469f43819 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/pathnode.c
@@ -3133,10 +3133,18 @@ create_agg_path(PlannerInfo *root,
 	pathnode->path.parallel_safe = rel->consider_parallel &&
 		subpath->parallel_safe;
 	pathnode->path.parallel_workers = subpath->parallel_workers;
+
 	if (aggstrategy == AGG_SORTED)
-		pathnode->path.pathkeys = subpath->pathkeys;	/* preserves order */
+	{
+		if (pathkeys_contained_in(subpath->pathkeys, root->group_pathkeys))
+			pathnode->path.pathkeys = list_copy_head(subpath->pathkeys,
+													 root->num_groupby_pathkeys);
+		else
+			pathnode->path.pathkeys = subpath->pathkeys; /* preserves order */
+	}
 	else
 		pathnode->path.pathkeys = NIL;	/* output is unordered */
+
 	pathnode->subpath = subpath;
 
 	pathnode->aggstrategy = aggstrategy;