1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/select.c b/src/select.c
index d255aaa7a..cf1034bb6 100644
--- a/src/select.c
+++ b/src/select.c
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static void selectExprDefer(
     if( pItem->u.x.iOrderByCol==0 ){
       Expr *pExpr = pItem->pExpr;
       Table *pTab = pExpr->pTab;
-      if( pExpr->op==TK_COLUMN && pTab && !IsVirtual(pTab)
+      if( pExpr->op==TK_COLUMN && pExpr->iColumn>=0 && pTab && !IsVirtual(pTab)
        && (pTab->aCol[pExpr->iColumn].colFlags & COLFLAG_SORTERREF)
       ){
         int j;