diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
index 0880bd66ea4c4..db276fbc9d53a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
@@ -2256,7 +2256,10 @@ object CleanupAliases extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
 
   def trimNonTopLevelAliases(e: Expression): Expression = e match {
     case a: Alias =>
-      a.withNewChildren(trimAliases(a.child) :: Nil)
+      a.copy(child = trimAliases(a.child))(
+        exprId = a.exprId,
+        qualifier = a.qualifier,
+        explicitMetadata = Some(a.metadata))
     case other => trimAliases(other)
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala
index 587437e9aa81d..e7a5bcee420f5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/CollapseProjectSuite.scala
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.EliminateSubqueryAliases
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.plans._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Rand
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Alias, Rand}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.PlanTest
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LocalRelation, LogicalPlan}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LocalRelation, LogicalPlan, Project}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.MetadataBuilder
 
 class CollapseProjectSuite extends PlanTest {
   object Optimize extends RuleExecutor[LogicalPlan] {
@@ -119,4 +120,22 @@ class CollapseProjectSuite extends PlanTest {
 
     comparePlans(optimized, correctAnswer)
   }
+
+  test("preserve top-level alias metadata while collapsing projects") {
+    def hasMetadata(logicalPlan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = {
+      logicalPlan.asInstanceOf[Project].projectList.exists(_.metadata.contains("key"))
+    }
+
+    val metadata = new MetadataBuilder().putLong("key", 1).build()
+    val analyzed =
+      Project(Seq(Alias('a_with_metadata, "b")()),
+        Project(Seq(Alias('a, "a_with_metadata")(explicitMetadata = Some(metadata))),
+          testRelation.logicalPlan)).analyze
+    require(hasMetadata(analyzed))
+
+    val optimized = Optimize.execute(analyzed)
+    val projects = optimized.collect { case p: Project => p }
+    assert(projects.size === 1)
+    assert(hasMetadata(optimized))
+  }
 }