diff --git a/src/Schema/Traits/SortTrait.php b/src/Schema/Traits/SortTrait.php
index 95f6d0fb..32fb0d45 100644
--- a/src/Schema/Traits/SortTrait.php
+++ b/src/Schema/Traits/SortTrait.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\GraphQL\Schema\Traits;
 
+use GraphQL\Language\AST\ObjectValueNode;
 use GraphQL\Type\Definition\ResolveInfo;
 
 trait SortTrait
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ private static function getSortOrder(ResolveInfo $info, string $fieldName)
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                // If the sort has been passed as a variable, we can't attempt to fix it
+                // See https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-graphql/issues/573
+                if (!$arg->value instanceof ObjectValueNode) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 // Get the sort order from the query
                 $sortOrder = [];
                 foreach ($arg->value->fields as $field) {
diff --git a/tests/Schema/IntegrationTest.php b/tests/Schema/IntegrationTest.php
index c3cab186..eaa81efa 100644
--- a/tests/Schema/IntegrationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Schema/IntegrationTest.php
@@ -798,9 +798,9 @@ public function provideFilterAndSortOnlyRead(): array
     }
 
     /**
-     * @dataProvider provideFilterAndSortOnlyRead
+     * @dataProvider provideFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead
      */
-    public function testFilterAndSortOnlyRead(string $fixture, string $query, array $expected)
+    public function testFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead(string $fixture, string $query, array $args, array $expected)
     {
         $author = Member::create(['FirstName' => 'tester1']);
         $author->write();
@@ -841,10 +841,13 @@ public function testFilterAndSortOnlyRead(string $fixture, string $query, array
         $factory = new TestSchemaBuilder(['_' . __FUNCTION__ . $fixture]);
         $schema = $this->createSchema($factory);
 
-        $result = $this->querySchema($schema, $query);
+        $result = $this->querySchema($schema, $query, $args);
         $this->assertSuccess($result);
         $records = $result['data']['readDataObjectFakes']['nodes'] ?? [];
-        $this->assertResults($expected, $records);
+
+        // We intentionally don't check the sort order, as it's expected it may not match:
+        // See https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-graphql/issues/573
+        $this->assertEqualsCanonicalizing($expected, $records);
     }
 
     public function testAggregateProperties()
diff --git a/tests/Schema/_testFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead_QuerySort/models.yml b/tests/Schema/_testFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead_QuerySort/models.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f50a9d5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Schema/_testFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead_QuerySort/models.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+SilverStripe\GraphQL\Tests\Fake\DataObjectFake:
+  operations:
+    read:
+      plugins:
+        sort:
+          before: paginateList
+  fields:
+    myField: true
+    author:
+      fields:
+        id: true
+        firstName: true
diff --git a/tests/Schema/_testFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead_SortPlugin/models.yml b/tests/Schema/_testFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead_SortPlugin/models.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a6cb339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Schema/_testFilterAndSortWithArgsOnlyRead_SortPlugin/models.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+SilverStripe\GraphQL\Tests\Fake\DataObjectFake:
+  operations:
+    read:
+      plugins:
+        sort:
+          before: paginateList
+  fields:
+    myField: true
+    AuthorID: true
+    author:
+      fields:
+        firstName: true
+    files:
+      fields:
+        title: true
+      plugins:
+        sorter:
+          fields:
+            id: true
+            title: true
+            name: true
+            ParentID: true