diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/AliasAwareOutputExpression.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/AliasAwareOutputExpression.scala
index 3cbe1654ea2c..3ba8745be995 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/AliasAwareOutputExpression.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/AliasAwareOutputExpression.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ trait AliasAwareOutputOrdering extends AliasAwareOutputExpression {
 
   final override def outputOrdering: Seq[SortOrder] = {
     if (hasAlias) {
-      orderingExpressions.map(normalizeExpression(_).asInstanceOf[SortOrder])
+      orderingExpressions.map { sortOrder =>
+        val newSortOrder = normalizeExpression(sortOrder).asInstanceOf[SortOrder]
+        val newSameOrderExpressions = newSortOrder.sameOrderExpressions.map(normalizeExpression)
+        newSortOrder.copy(sameOrderExpressions = newSameOrderExpressions)
+      }
     } else {
       orderingExpressions
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala
index 7db94a702488..d147876c0f17 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala
@@ -1059,6 +1059,37 @@ class PlannerSuite extends SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-33400: Normalization of sortOrder should take care of sameOrderExprs") {
+    withSQLConf(SQLConf.AUTO_BROADCASTJOIN_THRESHOLD.key -> "-1") {
+      withTempView("t1", "t2", "t3") {
+        spark.range(10).repartition($"id").createTempView("t1")
+        spark.range(20).repartition($"id").createTempView("t2")
+        spark.range(30).repartition($"id").createTempView("t3")
+        val planned = sql(
+          """
+            |SELECT t2id, t3.id as t3id
+            |FROM (
+            |    SELECT t1.id as t1id, t2.id as t2id
+            |    FROM t1, t2
+            |    WHERE t1.id = t2.id
+            |) t12, t3
+            |WHERE t2id = t3.id
+          """.stripMargin).queryExecution.executedPlan
+
+        val sortNodes = planned.collect { case s: SortExec => s }
+        assert(sortNodes.size == 3)
+
+        val projects = planned.collect { case p: ProjectExec => p }
+        assert(projects.exists(_.outputOrdering match {
+          case Seq(SortOrder(_, Ascending, NullsFirst, sameOrderExprs)) =>
+            sameOrderExprs.size == 1 && sameOrderExprs.head.isInstanceOf[AttributeReference] &&
+              sameOrderExprs.head.asInstanceOf[AttributeReference].name == "t2id"
+          case _ => false
+        }))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("aliases to expressions should not be replaced") {
     withSQLConf(SQLConf.AUTO_BROADCASTJOIN_THRESHOLD.key -> "-1") {
       withTempView("df1", "df2") {