diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryTranslationPostprocessor.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryTranslationPostprocessor.cs
index 3fd24558073..bc1eed43392 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryTranslationPostprocessor.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryTranslationPostprocessor.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public override Expression Process(Expression query)
             query = new SelectExpressionProjectionApplyingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
             query = new CollectionJoinApplyingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
             query = new TableAliasUniquifyingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
+            query = new NullComparisonTransformingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
 
             if (!UseRelationalNulls)
             {
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ public override Expression Process(Expression query)
             }
 
             query = OptimizeSqlExpression(query);
-            query = new NullComparisonTransformingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
 
             return query;
         }