diff --git a/cmd/explaintest/r/explain_generate_column_substitute.result b/cmd/explaintest/r/explain_generate_column_substitute.result
index 5d598e82ebe74..c28bbb6ff2289 100644
--- a/cmd/explaintest/r/explain_generate_column_substitute.result
+++ b/cmd/explaintest/r/explain_generate_column_substitute.result
@@ -617,3 +617,20 @@ select (select t2.c_str from t2 where t2.c_int = 3 order by t2.c_str) x from t1;
 x
 unruffled chaplygin
 drop table t1,t2;
+drop table if exists t1, t2;
+create table t1 (c_int int, c_decimal decimal(12, 6), primary key (c_int) nonclustered,key((c_int + 1))) ;
+create table t2 like t1;
+explain format = 'brief' select /*+ agg_to_cop() */ * from t1 where c_decimal in (select c_decimal from t2 where t2.c_int + 1 = 8 + 1);
+id	estRows	task	access object	operator info
+HashJoin	9.99	root		inner join, equal:[eq(test.t2.c_decimal, test.t1.c_decimal)]
+├─HashAgg(Build)	7.99	root		group by:test.t2.c_decimal, funcs:firstrow(test.t2.c_decimal)->test.t2.c_decimal
+│ └─IndexLookUp	7.99	root		
+│   ├─IndexRangeScan(Build)	10.00	cop[tikv]	table:t2, index:expression_index(`c_int` + 1)	range:[9,9], keep order:false, stats:pseudo
+│   └─HashAgg(Probe)	7.99	cop[tikv]		group by:test.t2.c_decimal, 
+│     └─Selection	9.99	cop[tikv]		not(isnull(test.t2.c_decimal))
+│       └─TableRowIDScan	10.00	cop[tikv]	table:t2	keep order:false, stats:pseudo
+└─TableReader(Probe)	9990.00	root		data:Selection
+  └─Selection	9990.00	cop[tikv]		not(isnull(test.t1.c_decimal))
+    └─TableFullScan	10000.00	cop[tikv]	table:t1	keep order:false, stats:pseudo
+drop table t1;
+drop table t2;
diff --git a/cmd/explaintest/t/explain_generate_column_substitute.test b/cmd/explaintest/t/explain_generate_column_substitute.test
index 4738d13cb9da1..1acde78a709e7 100644
--- a/cmd/explaintest/t/explain_generate_column_substitute.test
+++ b/cmd/explaintest/t/explain_generate_column_substitute.test
@@ -293,3 +293,12 @@ select (select t2.c_str from t2 where t2.c_int + 1 = 4 order by t2.c_str) x from
 select (select t2.c_str from t2 where t2.c_int = 3 order by t2.c_str) x from t1;
 
 drop table t1,t2;
+
+-- for issue 33237
+drop table if exists t1, t2;
+create table t1 (c_int int, c_decimal decimal(12, 6), primary key (c_int) nonclustered,key((c_int + 1))) ;
+create table t2 like t1;
+explain format = 'brief' select /*+ agg_to_cop() */ * from t1 where c_decimal in (select c_decimal from t2 where t2.c_int + 1 = 8 + 1);
+drop table t1;
+drop table t2;
+
diff --git a/planner/core/task.go b/planner/core/task.go
index f1c1ea814b52e..c5bcfdc61f3bd 100644
--- a/planner/core/task.go
+++ b/planner/core/task.go
@@ -967,7 +967,18 @@ func buildIndexLookUpTask(ctx sessionctx.Context, t *copTask) *rootTask {
 		newTask.cst += sortCPUCost
 	}
 	p.cost = newTask.cst
-	if t.needExtraProj {
+
+	// Do not inject the extra Projection even if t.needExtraProj is set, or the schema between the phase-1 agg and
+	// the final agg would be broken. Please reference comments for the similar logic in
+	// (*copTask).convertToRootTaskImpl() for the PhysicalTableReader case.
+	// We need to refactor these logics.
+	aggPushedDown := false
+	switch p.tablePlan.(type) {
+	case *PhysicalHashAgg, *PhysicalStreamAgg:
+		aggPushedDown = true
+	}
+
+	if t.needExtraProj && !aggPushedDown {
 		schema := t.originSchema
 		proj := PhysicalProjection{Exprs: expression.Column2Exprs(schema.Columns)}.Init(ctx, p.stats, t.tablePlan.SelectBlockOffset(), nil)
 		proj.SetSchema(schema)