diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02874_mutations_subcolumns.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02874_mutations_subcolumns.reference
deleted file mode 100644
index b702755e127..00000000000
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02874_mutations_subcolumns.reference
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-6	1
-5	2
-4	3
-3	4
-4	ttt
-5	ttt
-6	ttt
-{"a":"1","obj":{"k1":1,"k2":0,"k3":0}}
-{"a":"3","obj":{"k1":0,"k2":0,"k3":1}}
-{"a":"1","obj":{"k1":1,"k2":0,"k3":0}}
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02887_mutations_subcolumns.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02887_mutations_subcolumns.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2d6cbbd225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02887_mutations_subcolumns.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+6	1
+5	2
+4	3
+3	4
+4	ttt
+5	ttt
+6	ttt
+{"a":"1","obj":{"k1":1,"k2":null,"k3":null}}
+{"a":"3","obj":{"k1":null,"k2":null,"k3":1}}
+{"a":"1","obj":{"k1":1,"k2":null,"k3":null}}
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02874_mutations_subcolumns.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02887_mutations_subcolumns.sql
similarity index 85%
rename from tests/queries/0_stateless/02874_mutations_subcolumns.sql
rename to tests/queries/0_stateless/02887_mutations_subcolumns.sql
index 54799f2481f..a01158e1b06 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02874_mutations_subcolumns.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02887_mutations_subcolumns.sql
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
--- Tags: no-replicated-database
--- This won't work in case there are misssing subcolumns in different shards
-
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_mutations_subcolumns;
 
 SET allow_experimental_object_type = 1;
 
-CREATE TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns (id UInt64, n String, obj JSON)
+CREATE TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns (id UInt64, n String, obj Object(Nullable('json')))
 ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY id;
 
 INSERT INTO t_mutations_subcolumns VALUES (1, 'aaa', '{"k1": {"k2": "foo"}, "k3": 5}');
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ SELECT id, n FROM t_mutations_subcolumns;
 
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_mutations_subcolumns;
 
-CREATE TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns (a UInt64, obj JSON)
+CREATE TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns (a UInt64, obj Object(Nullable('json')))
 ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY a PARTITION BY a;
 
 INSERT INTO t_mutations_subcolumns VALUES (1, '{"k1": 1}');
@@ -45,7 +42,7 @@ INSERT INTO t_mutations_subcolumns VALUES (3, '{"k3": 1}');
 ALTER TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns DELETE WHERE obj.k2 = 1;
 SELECT * FROM t_mutations_subcolumns ORDER BY a FORMAT JSONEachRow;
 
-ALTER TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns DELETE WHERE obj.k1 = 0;
+ALTER TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns DELETE WHERE isNull(obj.k1);
 SELECT * FROM t_mutations_subcolumns ORDER BY a FORMAT JSONEachRow;
 
 DROP TABLE t_mutations_subcolumns;