diff --git a/src/Analyzer/Passes/RemoveUnusedProjectionColumnsPass.cpp b/src/Analyzer/Passes/RemoveUnusedProjectionColumnsPass.cpp
index 25c2a311977..78228f8f472 100644
--- a/src/Analyzer/Passes/RemoveUnusedProjectionColumnsPass.cpp
+++ b/src/Analyzer/Passes/RemoveUnusedProjectionColumnsPass.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ void RemoveUnusedProjectionColumnsPass::run(QueryTreeNodePtr & query_tree_node,
 
         for (auto & [query_or_union_node, used_columns] : visitor.query_or_union_node_to_used_columns)
         {
+            /// can't remove columns from distinct, see example - 03023_remove_unused_column_distinct.sql
+            if (auto * query_node = query_or_union_node->as<QueryNode>())
+            {
+                if (query_node->isDistinct())
+                    continue;
+            }
+
             auto used_projection_indexes = convertUsedColumnNamesToUsedProjectionIndexes(query_or_union_node, used_columns);
             updateUsedProjectionIndexes(query_or_union_node, used_projection_indexes);
 
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03023_remove_unused_column_distinct.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03023_remove_unused_column_distinct.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..adb11f046e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03023_remove_unused_column_distinct.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+product_0
+product_1
+product_0
+product_1
+product_0
+product_1
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03023_remove_unused_column_distinct.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03023_remove_unused_column_distinct.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2f32bfe3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03023_remove_unused_column_distinct.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+SELECT product_id
+FROM
+(
+    SELECT DISTINCT
+        product_id,
+        section_id
+    FROM
+    (
+        SELECT
+            concat('product_', number % 2) AS product_id,
+            concat('section_', number % 3) AS section_id
+        FROM numbers(10)
+    )
+)
+SETTINGS allow_experimental_analyzer = 1;