diff --git a/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c b/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c
index 35114d2aca03d902a908323f80fdc941c17d617a..05d416377bb5c501a578649ac7240bc09824c8c8 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscLocalMerge.c
@@ -573,12 +573,20 @@ static int32_t createOrderDescriptor(tOrderDescriptor **pOrderDesc, SSqlCmd *pCm
         // the first column is the timestamp, handles queries like "interval(10m) group by tags"
         orderColIndexList[numOfGroupByCols - 1] = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX; //TODO ???
       }
-    } else { // it is the orderby ts asc/desc projection query for super table
-      size_t size = tscSqlExprNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);
-      for (int32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
-        SSqlExpr* pExpr = tscSqlExprGet(pQueryInfo, i);
-        if (pExpr->functionId == TSDB_FUNC_PRJ && pExpr->colInfo.colId == PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX) {
-          orderColIndexList[0] = i;
+    } else {
+      /*
+       * 1. the orderby ts asc/desc projection query for the super table
+       * 2. interval query without groupby clause
+       */
+      if (pQueryInfo->interval.interval != 0) {
+        orderColIndexList[0] = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX;
+      } else {
+        size_t size = tscSqlExprNumOfExprs(pQueryInfo);
+        for (int32_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+          SSqlExpr *pExpr = tscSqlExprGet(pQueryInfo, i);
+          if (pExpr->functionId == TSDB_FUNC_PRJ && pExpr->colInfo.colId == PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX) {
+            orderColIndexList[0] = i;
+          }
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
index 64812c8981da3bc1d823a9d0621d9d042231fe05..ea63696516e3c1c92f8c8aa57faaa1e404175f3d 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscSQLParser.c
@@ -4384,15 +4384,10 @@ int32_t parseFillClause(SSqlCmd* pCmd, SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, SQuerySQL* pQuery
 
 static void setDefaultOrderInfo(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo) {
   /* set default timestamp order information for all queries */
-  pQueryInfo->order.order = TSDB_ORDER_ASC;
   STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaInfo = tscGetMetaInfo(pQueryInfo, 0);
 
-  if (isTopBottomQuery(pQueryInfo)) {
-    pQueryInfo->order.order = TSDB_ORDER_ASC;
-    pQueryInfo->order.orderColId = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX;
-  } else {
-    pQueryInfo->order.orderColId = -1;
-  }
+  pQueryInfo->order.order = TSDB_ORDER_ASC;
+  pQueryInfo->order.orderColId = PRIMARYKEY_TIMESTAMP_COL_INDEX;
 
   /* for super table query, set default ascending order for group output */
   if (UTIL_TABLE_IS_SUPER_TABLE(pTableMetaInfo)) {