diff --git a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeBlockReadUtils.cpp b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeBlockReadUtils.cpp
index e300ceeb4fc..dac304fcdff 100644
--- a/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeBlockReadUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/Storages/MergeTree/MergeTreeBlockReadUtils.cpp
@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@ bool injectRequiredColumnsRecursively(
         if (alter_conversions.isColumnRenamed(column_name_in_part))
             column_name_in_part = alter_conversions.getColumnOldName(column_name_in_part);
 
-        auto column_in_part = NameAndTypePair(
-            column_name_in_part, column_in_storage->getSubcolumnName(),
-            column_in_storage->getTypeInStorage(), column_in_storage->type);
+        auto column_in_part = part->getColumns().tryGetByName(column_name_in_part);
 
-        /// column has files and hence does not require evaluation
-        if (part->hasColumnFiles(column_in_part))
+        if (column_in_part
+            && (!column_in_storage->isSubcolumn()
+                || column_in_part->type->tryGetSubcolumnType(column_in_storage->getSubcolumnName())))
         {
             /// ensure each column is added only once
             if (!required_columns.contains(column_name))
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_type_json_wide_parts_merge.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_type_json_wide_parts_merge.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b41a6da16f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_type_json_wide_parts_merge.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{"data":{"k1":0,"k2":2}}
+{"data":{"k1":1,"k2":0}}
+Tuple(k1 Int8, k2 Int8)
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_type_json_wide_parts_merge.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_type_json_wide_parts_merge.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd023e473a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_type_json_wide_parts_merge.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-- Tags: no-fasttest
+
+SET allow_experimental_object_type = 1;
+SET output_format_json_named_tuples_as_objects = 1;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_json_wide_parts;
+
+CREATE TABLE t_json_wide_parts (data JSON)
+ENGINE MergeTree ORDER BY tuple()
+SETTINGS min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0;
+
+SYSTEM STOP MERGES t_json_wide_parts;
+
+INSERT INTO t_json_wide_parts VALUES ('{"k1": 1}');
+INSERT INTO t_json_wide_parts VALUES ('{"k2": 2}');
+
+SYSTEM START MERGES t_json_wide_parts;
+OPTIMIZE TABLE t_json_wide_parts FINAL;
+
+SELECT data FROM t_json_wide_parts ORDER BY data.k1 FORMAT JSONEachRow;
+
+SELECT type FROM system.parts_columns
+WHERE table = 't_json_wide_parts' AND database = currentDatabase() AND active;
+
+DROP TABLE t_json_wide_parts;