diff --git a/index_alias_impl.go b/index_alias_impl.go
index ed084f62..9e9a3594 100644
--- a/index_alias_impl.go
+++ b/index_alias_impl.go
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func createChildSearchRequest(req *SearchRequest) *SearchRequest {
 		Fields:           req.Fields,
 		Facets:           req.Facets,
 		Explain:          req.Explain,
-		Sort:             req.Sort,
+		Sort:             req.Sort.Copy(),
 		IncludeLocations: req.IncludeLocations,
 	}
 	return &rv
diff --git a/search/sort.go b/search/sort.go
index f6a0029b..1987718b 100644
--- a/search/sort.go
+++ b/search/sort.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ type SearchSort interface {
 	RequiresDocID() bool
 	RequiresScoring() bool
 	RequiresFields() []string
+
+	Copy() SearchSort
 }
 
 func ParseSearchSortObj(input map[string]interface{}) (SearchSort, error) {
@@ -205,6 +207,14 @@ func (so SortOrder) UpdateVisitor(field string, term []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (so SortOrder) Copy() SortOrder {
+	rv := make(SortOrder, len(so))
+	for i, soi := range so {
+		rv[i] = soi.Copy()
+	}
+	return rv
+}
+
 // Compare will compare two document matches using the specified sort order
 // if both are numbers, we avoid converting back to term
 func (so SortOrder) Compare(cachedScoring, cachedDesc []bool, i, j *DocumentMatch) int {
@@ -475,6 +485,12 @@ func (s *SortField) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(sfm)
 }
 
+func (s *SortField) Copy() SearchSort {
+	var rv SortField
+	rv = *s
+	return &rv
+}
+
 // SortDocID will sort results by the document identifier
 type SortDocID struct {
 	Desc bool
@@ -512,6 +528,12 @@ func (s *SortDocID) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal("_id")
 }
 
+func (s *SortDocID) Copy() SearchSort {
+	var rv SortDocID
+	rv = *s
+	return &rv
+}
+
 // SortScore will sort results by the document match score
 type SortScore struct {
 	Desc bool
@@ -549,6 +571,12 @@ func (s *SortScore) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal("_score")
 }
 
+func (s *SortScore) Copy() SearchSort {
+	var rv SortScore
+	rv = *s
+	return &rv
+}
+
 var maxDistance = string(numeric.MustNewPrefixCodedInt64(math.MaxInt64, 0))
 
 // NewSortGeoDistance creates SearchSort instance for sorting documents by
@@ -675,3 +703,9 @@ func (s *SortGeoDistance) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return json.Marshal(sfm)
 }
+
+func (s *SortGeoDistance) Copy() SearchSort {
+	var rv SortGeoDistance
+	rv = *s
+	return &rv
+}