diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs
index 2e945891072..32dc46ae5d7 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/2D/Passes/Render2DLightingPass.cs
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ public override void Execute(ScriptableRenderContext context, ref RenderingData
             {
                 var unlitDrawSettings = CreateDrawingSettings(k_ShaderTags, ref renderingData, SortingCriteria.CommonTransparent);
 
+                var sortSettings = unlitDrawSettings.sortingSettings;
+                GetTransparencySortingMode(camera, ref sortSettings);
+                unlitDrawSettings.sortingSettings = sortSettings;
+
                 var cmd = CommandBufferPool.Get();
                 using (new ProfilingScope(cmd, m_ProfilingSamplerUnlit))
                 {