diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JSqlParserQueryEnhancer.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JSqlParserQueryEnhancer.java
index 03a92fed5..7b885b98e 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JSqlParserQueryEnhancer.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JSqlParserQueryEnhancer.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class JSqlParserQueryEnhancer implements QueryEnhancer {
 
 		selectBody.getOrderByElements().addAll(orderByElements);
 
-		return selectBody.toString();
+		return selectStatement.toString();
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryEnhancerUnitTests.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryEnhancerUnitTests.java
index 6140b313b..b2956cc74 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryEnhancerUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryEnhancerUnitTests.java
@@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ class QueryEnhancerUnitTests {
 		assertThat(query).endsWithIgnoringCase("ORDER BY p.firstname, p.lastname asc");
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-3263
+	void preserveSourceQueryWhenAddingSort() {
+
+		StringQuery query = new StringQuery("WITH all_projects AS (SELECT * FROM projects) SELECT * FROM all_projects p",
+				true);
+
+		assertThat(getEnhancer(query).applySorting(Sort.by("name"), "p")) //
+				.startsWithIgnoringCase(query.getQueryString())
+				.endsWithIgnoringCase("ORDER BY p.name ASC");
+	}
+
 	@Test // GH-2812
 	void createCountQueryFromDeleteQuery() {