diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilder.java
index 9bb116a68..40f148fb8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2017-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2017-2022 the original author or authors.
  *  
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public class MongoItemReaderBuilder<T> {
 		Assert.notNull(this.targetType, "targetType is required.");
 		Assert.state(StringUtils.hasText(this.jsonQuery) || this.query != null, "A query is required");
 
-		if(StringUtils.hasText(this.jsonQuery)) {
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(this.jsonQuery) || this.query != null) {
 			Assert.notNull(this.sorts, "sorts map is required.");
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilderTests.java
index c80c2dc4a..4531aab2c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/data/builder/MongoItemReaderBuilderTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2017-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2017-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria.where;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query.query;
 
 /**
  * @author Glenn Renfro
  * @author Drummond Dawson
  * @author Parikshit Dutta
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  */
 public class MongoItemReaderBuilderTests {
 
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ public class MongoItemReaderBuilderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testNullSorts() {
+	public void testNullSortsWithQueryString() {
 		validateExceptionMessage(new MongoItemReaderBuilder<String>().template(this.template)
 				.targetType(String.class)
 				.jsonQuery("{ }")
@@ -220,6 +223,15 @@ public class MongoItemReaderBuilderTests {
 				.pageSize(50), "sorts map is required.");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testNullSortsWithQuery() {
+		validateExceptionMessage(new MongoItemReaderBuilder<String>().template(this.template)
+				.targetType(String.class)
+				.query(query(where("_id").is("10")))
+				.name("mongoReaderTest")
+				.pageSize(50), "sorts map is required.");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testNullName() {
 		validateExceptionMessage(new MongoItemReaderBuilder<String>().template(this.template)