diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQuery.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQuery.java
index bccbbc72e..8b8a0ab02 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQuery.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQuery.java
@@ -175,32 +175,44 @@ public class TextQuery extends Query {
 	public Document getSortObject() {
 
 		if (this.sortByScore) {
-			if (sortByScoreIndex == 0) {
-				Document sort = new Document();
-				sort.put(getScoreFieldName(), META_TEXT_SCORE);
-				sort.putAll(super.getSortObject());
-				return sort;
-			}
-			return fitInSortByScoreAtPosition(super.getSortObject());
+
+			int sortByScoreIndex = this.sortByScoreIndex;
+
+			return sortByScoreIndex != 0
+				? sortByScoreAtPosition(super.getSortObject(), sortByScoreIndex)
+				: sortByScoreAtPositionZero();
 		}
 
 		return super.getSortObject();
 	}
 
-	private Document fitInSortByScoreAtPosition(Document source) {
+	private Document sortByScoreAtPositionZero() {
+
+		Document sort = new Document();
+
+		sort.put(getScoreFieldName(), META_TEXT_SCORE);
+		sort.putAll(super.getSortObject());
+
+		return sort;
+	}
+
+	private Document sortByScoreAtPosition(Document source, int sortByScoreIndex) {
 
 		Document target = new Document();
-		int i = 0;
+		int index = 0;
+
 		for (Entry<String, Object> entry : source.entrySet()) {
-			if (i == sortByScoreIndex) {
+			if (index == sortByScoreIndex) {
 				target.put(getScoreFieldName(), META_TEXT_SCORE);
 			}
 			target.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
-			i++;
+			index++;
 		}
-		if (i == sortByScoreIndex) {
+
+		if (index == sortByScoreIndex) {
 			target.put(getScoreFieldName(), META_TEXT_SCORE);
 		}
+
 		return target;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQueryUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQueryUnitTests.java
index ffdeaf39b..228e7efca 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQueryUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/TextQueryUnitTests.java
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query;
 
-import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.test.util.Assertions.*;
-
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.test.util.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
@@ -103,20 +101,20 @@ public class TextQueryUnitTests {
 		query.sortByScore();
 		query.with(Sort.by(Direction.DESC, "two"));
 
-		assertThat(query.getSortObject().entrySet().stream().map(Entry::getKey)).containsExactly("one", "score", "two");
+		assertThat(query.getSortObject().keySet().stream()).containsExactly("one", "score", "two");
 
 		query = new TextQuery(QUERY);
 		query.with(Sort.by(Direction.DESC, "one"));
 		query.sortByScore();
 
-		assertThat(query.getSortObject().entrySet().stream().map(Entry::getKey)).containsExactly("one", "score");
+		assertThat(query.getSortObject().keySet().stream()).containsExactly("one", "score");
 
 		query = new TextQuery(QUERY);
 		query.sortByScore();
 		query.with(Sort.by(Direction.DESC, "one"));
 		query.with(Sort.by(Direction.DESC, "two"));
 
-		assertThat(query.getSortObject().entrySet().stream().map(Entry::getKey)).containsExactly("score", "one", "two");
+		assertThat(query.getSortObject().keySet().stream()).containsExactly("score", "one", "two");
 	}
 
 }