diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts
index 76102df30e..e991b55197 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/find/findMany.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const findMany = async function find({
   if (orderBy) {
     for (const key in selectFields) {
       const column = selectFields[key]
-      if (column.primary) {
+      if (!column || column.primary) {
         continue
       }
 
diff --git a/test/database/int.spec.ts b/test/database/int.spec.ts
index e2b04bde95..0a6adc771c 100644
--- a/test/database/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/database/int.spec.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { initPayloadInt } from '../helpers/initPayloadInt.js'
 import { isMongoose } from '../helpers/isMongoose.js'
 import removeFiles from '../helpers/removeFiles.js'
 import { seed } from './seed.js'
-import { errorOnUnnamedFieldsSlug, postsSlug } from './shared.js'
+import { errorOnUnnamedFieldsSlug, fieldsPersistanceSlug, postsSlug } from './shared.js'
 
 const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
@@ -2325,6 +2325,19 @@ describe('database', () => {
       expect(localAsc[1].id).toBe(doc_2.id)
       expect(localAsc[0].id).toBe(doc_1.id)
     })
+
+    it('should allow to sort by a virtual field without error', async () => {
+      await payload.delete({ collection: fieldsPersistanceSlug, where: {} })
+      await payload.create({
+        collection: fieldsPersistanceSlug,
+        data: {},
+      })
+      const { docs } = await payload.find({
+        collection: fieldsPersistanceSlug,
+        sort: '-textHooked',
+      })
+      expect(docs).toHaveLength(1)
+    })
   })
 
   it('should convert numbers to text', async () => {