diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/replace_with_order_preserving_variants.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/replace_with_order_preserving_variants.rs
index 7d45c171b7e8..a7f0c88884e1 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/replace_with_order_preserving_variants.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_optimizer/replace_with_order_preserving_variants.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ fn get_updated_plan(
         let child = plan.children()[0].clone();
         plan = Arc::new(
             RepartitionExec::try_new(child, plan.output_partitioning())?
-                .with_preserve_order(),
+                .with_preserve_order(true),
         ) as _
     }
     // When the input of a `CoalescePartitionsExec` has an ordering, replace it
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/repartition/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/repartition/mod.rs
index c47c9926819b..99b72a1b4064 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/repartition/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/repartition/mod.rs
@@ -419,11 +419,9 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for RepartitionExec {
         self: Arc<Self>,
         children: Vec<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>>,
     ) -> Result<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
-        let mut repartition =
-            RepartitionExec::try_new(children[0].clone(), self.partitioning.clone())?;
-        if self.preserve_order {
-            repartition = repartition.with_preserve_order();
-        }
+        let repartition =
+            RepartitionExec::try_new(children[0].clone(), self.partitioning.clone())?
+                .with_preserve_order(self.preserve_order);
         Ok(Arc::new(repartition))
     }
 
@@ -625,8 +623,8 @@ impl RepartitionExec {
     }
 
     /// Set Order preserving flag
-    pub fn with_preserve_order(mut self) -> Self {
-        self.preserve_order = true;
+    pub fn with_preserve_order(mut self, preserve_order: bool) -> Self {
+        self.preserve_order = preserve_order;
         self
     }
 
diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_preserving_repartition_fuzz.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_preserving_repartition_fuzz.rs
index d0ce58f6e617..6b3a633f3c16 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_preserving_repartition_fuzz.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/sort_preserving_repartition_fuzz.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ mod sp_repartition_fuzz_tests {
         Arc::new(
             RepartitionExec::try_new(input, Partitioning::RoundRobinBatch(2))
                 .unwrap()
-                .with_preserve_order(),
+                .with_preserve_order(true),
         )
     }
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ mod sp_repartition_fuzz_tests {
         Arc::new(
             RepartitionExec::try_new(input, Partitioning::Hash(hash_expr, 2))
                 .unwrap()
-                .with_preserve_order(),
+                .with_preserve_order(true),
         )
     }