diff --git a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
index 730b6255ba110b4f730e1b4757ca060dbe301a89..5986a886ad47fa14abba8328c3c3a2f9b38d75e5 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscUtil.c
@@ -4606,7 +4606,7 @@ int32_t createProjectionExpr(SQueryInfo* pQueryInfo, STableMetaInfo* pTableMetaI
         }
       }
 
-      pse->colInfo.flag = TSDB_COL_NORMAL;
+      pse->colInfo.flag = pSource->base.colInfo.flag; //TSDB_COL_NORMAL;
       pse->resType  = pSource->base.resType;
       pse->resBytes = pSource->base.resBytes;
       strncpy(pse->colInfo.name, pSource->base.aliasName, tListLen(pse->colInfo.name));
diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim
index 4182b867053d5d26cdc95970c545fd0c5f20d09c..ed1e9d47909af13647114d0e45e34b60f66d303e 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/nestquery.sim
@@ -884,5 +884,18 @@ if $data00 != 24 then
   return -1
 endi
 
+sql select sum(a)/sum(b) from meters where ts >= '2021-09-30 15:00:00.000' and ts <= '2021-09-30 15:00:05.000' interval(1s) fill(null) group by area order by area;
+if $rows != 12 then
+  return -1
+endi
+if $data00 != @21-09-30 15:00:00.000@ then
+  return -1
+endi
+if $data01 != NULL then
+  return -1
+endi
+if $data02 != 0 then
+  return -1
+endi
 
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT