diff --git a/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.cpp b/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.cpp
index f6a9c2cdc4211d..677a13330e2932 100644
--- a/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.cpp
+++ b/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.cpp
@@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ Status AggSinkOperatorX::init(const TPlanNode& tnode, RuntimeState* state) {
                 tnode.agg_node.__isset.agg_sort_infos ? tnode.agg_node.agg_sort_infos[i] : dummy,
                 tnode.agg_node.grouping_exprs.empty(), false, &evaluator));
         _aggregate_evaluators.push_back(evaluator);
+        _is_merge |= evaluator->is_merge();
     }
 
     if (tnode.agg_node.__isset.agg_sort_info_by_group_key) {
@@ -943,7 +944,6 @@ Status AggSinkOperatorX::_init_aggregate_evaluators(RuntimeState* state) {
 
 Status AggSinkOperatorX::_calc_aggregate_evaluators() {
     _offsets_of_aggregate_states.resize(_aggregate_evaluators.size());
-    _is_merge = false;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < _aggregate_evaluators.size(); ++i) {
         _offsets_of_aggregate_states[i] = _total_size_of_aggregate_states;
 
@@ -966,9 +966,6 @@ Status AggSinkOperatorX::_calc_aggregate_evaluators() {
                     (_total_size_of_aggregate_states + alignment_of_next_state - 1) /
                     alignment_of_next_state * alignment_of_next_state;
         }
-        if (_aggregate_evaluators[i]->is_merge()) {
-            _is_merge = true;
-        }
     }
     return Status::OK();
 }
diff --git a/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.h b/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.h
index f0cc6b70d4e567..605bb62a1dd4b3 100644
--- a/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.h
+++ b/be/src/exec/operator/aggregation_sink_operator.h
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ class AggSinkOperatorX MOCK_REMOVE(final) : public DataSinkOperatorX<AggSinkLoca
                            : DataSinkOperatorX<AggSinkLocalState>::required_data_distribution(
                                      state);
         }
-        if (!_needs_finalize && !state->enable_local_exchange_before_agg()) {
+        if (!_needs_finalize && !state->enable_local_exchange_before_agg() &&
+            !(_is_merge && _child && _child->is_serial_operator())) {
             return DataSinkOperatorX<AggSinkLocalState>::required_data_distribution(state);
         }
         return _is_colocate && _require_bucket_distribution
diff --git a/regression-test/data/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.out b/regression-test/data/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.out
index 97a97b8816d80e..0d22b7039e9b2f 100644
--- a/regression-test/data/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.out
+++ b/regression-test/data/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.out
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@
 2	-4,-4	1	b	1
 3	-4	1	f	1
 
+-- !serial_exchange_distinct_sum --
+45	44850
diff --git a/regression-test/suites/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.groovy b/regression-test/suites/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.groovy
index e38c92018ff257..772ba119b163a7 100644
--- a/regression-test/suites/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.groovy
+++ b/regression-test/suites/nereids_syntax_p0/agg_4_phase.groovy
@@ -85,11 +85,27 @@ suite("agg_4_phase") {
         from agg_4_phase_tbl2
         group by id
         order by id"""
+
+    sql "drop table if exists agg_4_phase_serial_exchange_tbl"
+    sql """
+        create table agg_4_phase_serial_exchange_tbl (
+            pk int,
+            x int,
+            y int
+        ) engine=olap
+        duplicate key(pk)
+        distributed by hash(pk) buckets 10
+        properties("replication_num"="1");
+    """
+    sql """
+        insert into agg_4_phase_serial_exchange_tbl
+        select number, number % 10, number from numbers("number" = "300");
+    """
     multi_sql """
 set runtime_filter_type= "BLOOM_FILTER,MIN_MAX";
 set enable_runtime_filter_prune= "false";
 set exchange_multi_blocks_byte_size= "4722978";
-set parallel_pipeline_task_num= "3";
+set parallel_pipeline_task_num= "4";
 set experimental_parallel_scan_min_rows_per_scanner= "256";
 set enable_strong_consistency_read= "true";
 set runtime_filter_wait_infinitely= "true";
@@ -97,6 +113,7 @@ set enable_share_hash_table_for_broadcast_join= "false";
 set experimental_parallel_scan_max_scanners_count= "8";
 set disable_streaming_preaggregations= "true";
 set experimental_use_serial_exchange= "true";
+set enable_local_exchange_before_agg= "false";
     """
         qt_phase4_multi_distinct """
         select
@@ -108,4 +125,10 @@ set experimental_use_serial_exchange= "true";
         from agg_4_phase_tbl2
         group by id
         order by id"""
+
+    qt_serial_exchange_distinct_sum """
+        select
+            sum(distinct x),
+            sum(y)
+        from agg_4_phase_serial_exchange_tbl"""
 }