diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/physical_optimizer/enforce_distribution.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/physical_optimizer/enforce_distribution.rs
index 66d1380e09c3..e65083a3c6b3 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/physical_optimizer/enforce_distribution.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/physical_optimizer/enforce_distribution.rs
@@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ fn repartition_transitively_past_sort_with_projection() -> Result<()> {
     );
 
     let expected = &[
-        "SortExec: expr=[c@2 ASC], preserve_partitioning=[true]",
+        "SortExec: expr=[c@2 ASC], preserve_partitioning=[false]",
         // Since this projection is trivial, increasing parallelism is not beneficial
         "ProjectionExec: expr=[a@0 as a, b@1 as b, c@2 as c]",
         "DataSourceExec: file_groups={1 group: [[x]]}, projection=[a, b, c, d, e], file_type=parquet",