diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c b/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
index 810f9709f5..677f2db298 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/scanoperator.c
@@ -2837,15 +2837,23 @@ int32_t startGroupTableMergeScan(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
   int32_t tableStartIdx = pInfo->tableStartIndex;
   int32_t tableEndIdx = pInfo->tableEndIndex;
 
-  pInfo->sortBufSize = 2048 * pInfo->bufPageSize;
-  int32_t numOfBufPage = pInfo->sortBufSize / pInfo->bufPageSize;
-  pInfo->pSortHandle = tsortCreateSortHandle(pInfo->pSortInfo, SORT_BLOCK_TS_MERGE, pInfo->bufPageSize, numOfBufPage,
-                                             pInfo->pSortInputBlock, pTaskInfo->id.str, 0, 0, 0);
+  bool hasLimit = pInfo->limitInfo.limit.limit != -1 || pInfo->limitInfo.limit.offset != -1;
   int64_t mergeLimit = -1;
-  if (pInfo->limitInfo.limit.limit != -1 || pInfo->limitInfo.limit.offset != -1) {
-    mergeLimit = pInfo->limitInfo.limit.limit + pInfo->limitInfo.limit.offset;
-  }                                             
-  tsortSetMergeLimit(pInfo->pSortHandle, mergeLimit);
+  if (hasLimit) {
+      mergeLimit = pInfo->limitInfo.limit.limit + pInfo->limitInfo.limit.offset;
+  }
+  size_t szRow = blockDataGetRowSize(pInfo->pResBlock);   
+  if (szRow > 1024 && hasLimit) {
+    pInfo->pSortHandle = tsortCreateSortHandle(pInfo->pSortInfo, SORT_SINGLESOURCE_SORT, -1, -1,
+                                              NULL, pTaskInfo->id.str, mergeLimit, szRow+8, tsPQSortMemThreshold * 1024* 1024);
+  } else {
+    pInfo->sortBufSize = 2048 * pInfo->bufPageSize;
+    int32_t numOfBufPage = pInfo->sortBufSize / pInfo->bufPageSize;
+    pInfo->pSortHandle = tsortCreateSortHandle(pInfo->pSortInfo, SORT_BLOCK_TS_MERGE, pInfo->bufPageSize, numOfBufPage,
+                                              pInfo->pSortInputBlock, pTaskInfo->id.str, 0, 0, 0);
+                                          
+    tsortSetMergeLimit(pInfo->pSortHandle, mergeLimit);
+  }
   tsortSetFetchRawDataFp(pInfo->pSortHandle, getTableDataBlockImpl, NULL, NULL);
 
   // one table has one data block
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c b/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c
index 9c70a95389..459474d06e 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c
@@ -54,19 +54,19 @@ SOperatorInfo* createSortOperatorInfo(SOperatorInfo* downstream, SSortPhysiNode*
   int32_t numOfCols = 0;
   pOperator->exprSupp.pExprInfo = createExprInfo(pSortNode->pExprs, NULL, &numOfCols);
   pOperator->exprSupp.numOfExprs = numOfCols;
-  calcSortOperMaxTupleLength(pInfo, pSortNode->pSortKeys);
-  pInfo->maxRows = -1;
-  if (pSortNode->node.pLimit) {
-    SLimitNode* pLimit = (SLimitNode*)pSortNode->node.pLimit;
-    if (pLimit->limit > 0) pInfo->maxRows = pLimit->limit;
-  }
-
   int32_t numOfOutputCols = 0;
   int32_t code =
       extractColMatchInfo(pSortNode->pTargets, pDescNode, &numOfOutputCols, COL_MATCH_FROM_SLOT_ID, &pInfo->matchInfo);
   if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
     goto _error;
   }
+  
+  calcSortOperMaxTupleLength(pInfo, pSortNode->pSortKeys);
+  pInfo->maxRows = -1;
+  if (pSortNode->node.pLimit) {
+    SLimitNode* pLimit = (SLimitNode*)pSortNode->node.pLimit;
+    if (pLimit->limit > 0) pInfo->maxRows = pLimit->limit + pLimit->offset;
+  }
 
   pOperator->exprSupp.pCtx =
       createSqlFunctionCtx(pOperator->exprSupp.pExprInfo, numOfCols, &pOperator->exprSupp.rowEntryInfoOffset, &pTaskInfo->storageAPI.functionStore);