diff --git a/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/mod.rs b/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/mod.rs
index 6deda6ae7ba1a..638254f20250c 100644
--- a/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/mod.rs
@@ -17737,4 +17737,45 @@ LIMIT {{ limit }}{% endif %}"#.to_string(),
         );
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_push_down_limit_sort_projection_recursion() {
+        if !Rewriter::sql_push_down_enabled() {
+            return;
+        }
+        init_testing_logger();
+
+        let logical_plan = convert_select_to_query_plan(
+            r#"
+            SELECT
+                customer_gender AS "customer_gender",
+                SUM(sumPrice) AS "SUM(KibanaSampleDataEcommerce.sumPrice)"
+            FROM KibanaSampleDataEcommerce
+            GROUP BY 1
+            ORDER BY 2 DESC
+            LIMIT 3
+            "#
+            .to_string(),
+            DatabaseProtocol::PostgreSQL,
+        )
+        .await
+        .as_logical_plan();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            logical_plan.find_cube_scan().request,
+            V1LoadRequestQuery {
+                measures: Some(vec!["KibanaSampleDataEcommerce.sumPrice".to_string()]),
+                dimensions: Some(vec![
+                    "KibanaSampleDataEcommerce.customer_gender".to_string(),
+                ]),
+                segments: Some(vec![]),
+                order: Some(vec![vec![
+                    "KibanaSampleDataEcommerce.sumPrice".to_string(),
+                    "desc".to_string(),
+                ]]),
+                limit: Some(3),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }
+        )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/rewrite/rules/order.rs b/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/rewrite/rules/order.rs
index a55f5fc9e0b5e..8ecafc383aff6 100644
--- a/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/rewrite/rules/order.rs
+++ b/rust/cubesql/cubesql/src/compile/rewrite/rules/order.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ use crate::{
             order_replacer, projection, referenced_columns, rewrite,
             rewriter::{CubeEGraph, CubeRewrite, RewriteRules},
             sort, sort_exp, sort_exp_empty_tail, sort_expr, sort_projection_pullup_replacer,
-            sort_projection_pushdown_replacer, transforming_rewrite, ColumnExprColumn,
-            LogicalPlanLanguage, OrderAsc, OrderMember, OrderReplacerColumnNameToMember,
-            ProjectionAlias, SortExprAsc, SortProjectionPushdownReplacerColumnToExpr,
+            sort_projection_pushdown_replacer, transforming_chain_rewrite, transforming_rewrite,
+            ColumnExprColumn, LogicalPlanLanguage, OrderAsc, OrderMember,
+            OrderReplacerColumnNameToMember, ProjectionAlias, SortExprAsc,
+            SortProjectionPushdownReplacerColumnToExpr,
         },
     },
     config::ConfigObj,
@@ -87,21 +88,19 @@ impl RewriteRules for OrderRules {
             ),
             // TODO: refactor this rule to `push-down-sort-projection`,
             // possibly adjust cost function to penalize Limit-...-Sort plan
-            transforming_rewrite(
+            transforming_chain_rewrite(
                 "push-down-limit-sort-projection",
-                limit(
-                    "?skip",
-                    "?fetch",
-                    sort(
-                        "?sort_expr",
-                        projection(
-                            "?projection_expr",
-                            "?input",
-                            "?projection_alias",
-                            "?projection_split",
-                        ),
+                limit("?skip", "?fetch", sort("?sort_expr", "?projection")),
+                vec![(
+                    // Avoid recursion when projection input is self
+                    "?projection",
+                    projection(
+                        "?projection_expr",
+                        "?input",
+                        "?projection_alias",
+                        "?projection_split",
                     ),
-                ),
+                )],
                 projection(
                     "?projection_expr",
                     limit(