diff --git a/cmd/query/app/http_handler_test.go b/cmd/query/app/http_handler_test.go
index 6f56c7041a9..1aee673085a 100644
--- a/cmd/query/app/http_handler_test.go
+++ b/cmd/query/app/http_handler_test.go
@@ -162,6 +162,38 @@ func TestGetTraceSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Empty(t, response.Errors)
 }
 
+func extractTraces(t *testing.T, response *structuredResponse) []ui.Trace {
+	var traces []ui.Trace
+	b, err := json.Marshal(response.Data)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &traces)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return traces
+}
+
+// TestGetTraceDedupeSuccess partially verifies that the standard adjusteres
+// are defined in correct order.
+func TestGetTraceDedupeSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	dupedMockTrace := &model.Trace{
+		Spans:    append(mockTrace.Spans, mockTrace.Spans...),
+		Warnings: []string{},
+	}
+
+	ts := initializeTestServer(t)
+	ts.spanReader.On("GetTrace", mock.AnythingOfType("*context.valueCtx"), mock.AnythingOfType("model.TraceID")).
+		Return(dupedMockTrace, nil).Once()
+
+	var response structuredResponse
+	err := getJSON(ts.server.URL+`/api/traces/123456`, &response)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, response.Errors)
+	traces := extractTraces(t, &response)
+	assert.Len(t, traces[0].Spans, 2)
+	for _, span := range traces[0].Spans {
+		assert.Empty(t, span.Warnings, "clock skew adjuster would've complained about dupes")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLogOnServerError(t *testing.T) {
 	zapCore, logs := observer.New(zap.InfoLevel)
 	logger := zap.New(zapCore)
@@ -276,15 +308,6 @@ func TestGetTrace(t *testing.T) {
 		return &trace
 	}
 
-	extractTraces := func(t *testing.T, response *structuredResponse) []ui.Trace {
-		var traces []ui.Trace
-		resBytes, err := json.Marshal(response.Data)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		err = json.Unmarshal(resBytes, &traces)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		return traces
-	}
-
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		testCase := tc // capture loop var
 		t.Run(testCase.suffix, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjusters.go b/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjusters.go
index ef0e82cb0ac..cd411e4531a 100644
--- a/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjusters.go
+++ b/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjusters.go
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ import (
 func StandardAdjusters(maxClockSkewAdjust time.Duration) []adjuster.Adjuster {
 	return []adjuster.Adjuster{
 		adjuster.ZipkinSpanIDUniquifier(),
-		adjuster.ClockSkew(maxClockSkewAdjust),
+		adjuster.SortTagsAndLogFields(),
+		adjuster.DedupeBySpanHash(),            // requires SortTagsAndLogFields for deterministic results
+		adjuster.ClockSkew(maxClockSkewAdjust), // adds warnings (which affect SpanHash) on dupe span IDs
 		adjuster.IPTagAdjuster(),
 		adjuster.OTelTagAdjuster(),
-		adjuster.SortTagsAndLogFields(),
-		adjuster.DedupeBySpanHash(), // requires SortTagsAndLogFields for deterministic results
 		adjuster.SpanReferences(),
 		adjuster.ParentReference(),
 	}