diff --git a/lib/join.ex b/lib/join.ex
index b797e49..5e7adad 100644
--- a/lib/join.ex
+++ b/lib/join.ex
@@ -1218,13 +1218,14 @@ defmodule AshSql.Join do
              current_binding
            ) do
       case related_subquery(relationship, query,
-             sort?: sort?,
+             sort?:
+               sort? || Map.get(relationship, :from_many?) ||
+                 not is_nil(Map.get(relationship, :sort)),
              apply_filter: apply_filter,
              start_bindings_at: 500,
              refs_at_path: path,
              require_lateral?: require_lateral?,
              filter_subquery?: true,
-             sort?: Map.get(relationship, :from_many?),
              on_subquery: fn subquery ->
                if !Map.get(relationship, :from_many?) || Map.get(relationship, :no_attributes?) do
                  subquery