diff --git a/src/Analyzer/Resolve/QueryAnalyzer.cpp b/src/Analyzer/Resolve/QueryAnalyzer.cpp
index 3f88106e8fa..ba1ef850118 100644
--- a/src/Analyzer/Resolve/QueryAnalyzer.cpp
+++ b/src/Analyzer/Resolve/QueryAnalyzer.cpp
@@ -4019,9 +4019,10 @@ ProjectionNames QueryAnalyzer::resolveSortNodeList(QueryTreeNodePtr & sort_node_
 
             const auto * constant_node = sort_node.getFillTo()->as<ConstantNode>();
             if (!constant_node || !isColumnedAsNumber(constant_node->getResultType()))
-                throw Exception(ErrorCodes::INVALID_WITH_FILL_EXPRESSION,
+                throw Exception(
+                    ErrorCodes::INVALID_WITH_FILL_EXPRESSION,
                     "Sort FILL TO expression must be constant with numeric type. Actual {}. In scope {}",
-                    sort_node.getFillFrom()->formatASTForErrorMessage(),
+                    sort_node.getFillTo()->formatASTForErrorMessage(),
                     scope.scope_node->formatASTForErrorMessage());
 
             size_t fill_to_expression_projection_names_size = fill_to_expression_projection_names.size();
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03248_with_fill_string_crash.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03248_with_fill_string_crash.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03248_with_fill_string_crash.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03248_with_fill_string_crash.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba00640f842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03248_with_fill_string_crash.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CREATE TABLE users (date DateTime, name String, age Int16) ENGINE=MergeTree() ORDER BY date;
+
+INSERT INTO users VALUES ('2024-01-01', 'John', 33),
+                         ('2024-02-01', 'Ksenia', 48),
+                         ('2024-02-15', 'Alice', 50);
+
+SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY date WITH FILL TO '2024-02-17' STEP toIntervalHour(1); -- { serverError INVALID_WITH_FILL_EXPRESSION }