1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/query/canonical_query.cpp b/src/mongo/db/query/canonical_query.cpp
index d3590e9c722..fdf06b7c849 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/query/canonical_query.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/query/canonical_query.cpp
@@ -271,9 +271,12 @@ Status CanonicalQuery::init(OperationContext* opCtx,
         if (!newParserStatus.isOK()) {
             return newParserStatus;
         }
+
+        _metadataDeps = _proj->metadataDeps();
     }
 
-    if (_proj && _proj->wantSortKey() && _qr->getSort().isEmpty()) {
+    if (_proj && _proj->metadataDeps()[DocumentMetadataFields::kSortKey] &&
+        _qr->getSort().isEmpty()) {
         return Status(ErrorCodes::BadValue, "cannot use sortKey $meta projection without a sort");
     }