diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
index 82553063145b8..a448c794213ae 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Analyzer.scala
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class Analyzer(catalog: Catalog, registry: FunctionRegistry, caseSensitive: Bool
       ResolveFunctions ::
       GlobalAggregates ::
       UnresolvedHavingClauseAttributes ::
+      TrimAliases ::
       typeCoercionRules ++
       extendedRules : _*),
     Batch("Check Analysis", Once,
@@ -89,6 +90,23 @@ class Analyzer(catalog: Catalog, registry: FunctionRegistry, caseSensitive: Bool
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Removes no-op Alias expressions from the plan.
+   */
+  object TrimAliases extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
+    def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan transform {
+      case Aggregate(groups, aggs, child) =>
+        Aggregate(
+          groups.map {
+            _ transform {
+              case Alias(c, _) => c
+            }
+          },
+          aggs,
+          child)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks for non-aggregated attributes with aggregation
    */
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 15f6ba4f72bbd..cbb4bdef0f83c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll {
     TimeZone.setDefault(origZone)
   }
 
+  test("grouping on nested fields") {
+    jsonRDD(sparkContext.parallelize("""{"nested": {"attribute": 1}, "value": 2}""" :: Nil))
+     .registerTempTable("rows")
+
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql(
+        """
+          |select attribute, sum(cnt)
+          |from (
+          |  select nested.attribute, count(*) as cnt
+          |  from rows
+          |  group by nested.attribute) a
+          |group by attribute
+        """.stripMargin),
+      Row(1, 1) :: Nil)
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-3176 Added Parser of SQL ABS()") {
     checkAnswer(
       sql("SELECT ABS(-1.3)"),