diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/operator/project/PageProcessor.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/operator/project/PageProcessor.java
index ed5cc98de9f3..d285836bdfd9 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/operator/project/PageProcessor.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/operator/project/PageProcessor.java
@@ -328,8 +328,9 @@ private ProcessBatchResult processBatch(int batchSize)
                 }
                 else {
                     if (pageProjectWork == null) {
+                        Page loadedPage = projection.getInputChannels().getInputChannels(page);
                         expressionProfiler.start();
-                        pageProjectWork = projection.project(session, yieldSignal, projection.getInputChannels().getInputChannels(page), positionsBatch);
+                        pageProjectWork = projection.project(session, yieldSignal, loadedPage, positionsBatch);
                         expressionProfiler.stop(positionsBatch.size());
                     }
                     if (!pageProjectWork.process()) {