diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildAndOrConditions.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildAndOrConditions.ts
index 759eb843d5..63c8fb4b67 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildAndOrConditions.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildAndOrConditions.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import type { FlattenedField, Where } from 'payload'
 
 import type { DrizzleAdapter, GenericColumn } from '../types.js'
 import type { BuildQueryJoinAliases } from './buildQuery.js'
+import type { QueryContext } from './parseParams.js'
 
 import { parseParams } from './parseParams.js'
 
 export function buildAndOrConditions({
   adapter,
   aliasTable,
+  context,
   fields,
   joins,
   locale,
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ export function buildAndOrConditions({
   adapter: DrizzleAdapter
   aliasTable?: Table
   collectionSlug?: string
+  context: QueryContext
   fields: FlattenedField[]
   globalSlug?: string
   joins: BuildQueryJoinAliases
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ export function buildAndOrConditions({
       const result = parseParams({
         adapter,
         aliasTable,
+        context,
         fields,
         joins,
         locale,
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts
index a072a07e8d..9b5326b9cc 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { PgTableWithColumns } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core'
 import type { FlattenedField, Sort, Where } from 'payload'
 
 import type { DrizzleAdapter, GenericColumn, GenericTable } from '../types.js'
+import type { QueryContext } from './parseParams.js'
 
 import { buildOrderBy } from './buildOrderBy.js'
 import { parseParams } from './parseParams.js'
@@ -52,24 +53,14 @@ const buildQuery = function buildQuery({
     id: adapter.tables[tableName].id,
   }
 
-  const orderBy = buildOrderBy({
-    adapter,
-    aliasTable,
-    fields,
-    joins,
-    locale,
-    parentIsLocalized,
-    selectFields,
-    sort,
-    tableName,
-  })
-
   let where: SQL
 
+  const context: QueryContext = { sort }
   if (incomingWhere && Object.keys(incomingWhere).length > 0) {
     where = parseParams({
       adapter,
       aliasTable,
+      context,
       fields,
       joins,
       locale,
@@ -81,6 +72,18 @@ const buildQuery = function buildQuery({
     })
   }
 
+  const orderBy = buildOrderBy({
+    adapter,
+    aliasTable,
+    fields,
+    joins,
+    locale,
+    parentIsLocalized,
+    selectFields,
+    sort: context.sort,
+    tableName,
+  })
+
   return {
     joins,
     orderBy,
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts
index d03876f3ae..90bba4136e 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { SQL, Table } from 'drizzle-orm'
-import type { FlattenedField, Operator, Where } from 'payload'
+import type { FlattenedField, Operator, Sort, Where } from 'payload'
 
 import { and, isNotNull, isNull, ne, notInArray, or, sql } from 'drizzle-orm'
 import { PgUUID } from 'drizzle-orm/pg-core'
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ import { buildAndOrConditions } from './buildAndOrConditions.js'
 import { getTableColumnFromPath } from './getTableColumnFromPath.js'
 import { sanitizeQueryValue } from './sanitizeQueryValue.js'
 
+export type QueryContext = { sort: Sort }
+
 type Args = {
   adapter: DrizzleAdapter
   aliasTable?: Table
+  context: QueryContext
   fields: FlattenedField[]
   joins: BuildQueryJoinAliases
   locale?: string
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ type Args = {
 export function parseParams({
   adapter,
   aliasTable,
+  context,
   fields,
   joins,
   locale,
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ export function parseParams({
           const builtConditions = buildAndOrConditions({
             adapter,
             aliasTable,
+            context,
             fields,
             joins,
             locale,
@@ -342,6 +347,7 @@ export function parseParams({
                         )
                       }
                       if (geoConstraints.length) {
+                        context.sort = relationOrPath
                         constraints.push(and(...geoConstraints))
                       }
                       break
diff --git a/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts b/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts
index 58cff5a117..3bc84072fb 100644
--- a/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts
@@ -1218,7 +1218,6 @@ describe('collections-rest', () => {
             .GET(`/${pointSlug}`, {
               query: {
                 limit: 5,
-                sort: 'point',
                 where: {
                   point: {
                     // querying large enough range to include all docs