diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/properties/ChildrenPropertiesRegulator.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/properties/ChildrenPropertiesRegulator.java
index 3beed014aac9109..da53781fdf6f95b 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/properties/ChildrenPropertiesRegulator.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/properties/ChildrenPropertiesRegulator.java
@@ -464,6 +464,19 @@ public Boolean visitAbstractPhysicalSort(AbstractPhysicalSort<? extends Plan> so
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Boolean visitPhysicalTopN(PhysicalTopN<? extends Plan> topN, Void context) {
+        // process must shuffle
+        visit(topN, context);
+
+        // If child is DistributionSpecGather, topN should forbid two-phase topN
+        if (topN.getSortPhase() == SortPhase.LOCAL_SORT
+                && childrenProperties.get(0).getDistributionSpec().equals(DistributionSpecGather.INSTANCE)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * check both side real output hash key order are same or not.
      *