diff --git a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Resources/SortExpressionLambdaConverter.cs b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Resources/SortExpressionLambdaConverter.cs
index a2371419b6..36a6d97aec 100644
--- a/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Resources/SortExpressionLambdaConverter.cs
+++ b/src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Resources/SortExpressionLambdaConverter.cs
@@ -114,12 +114,9 @@ private static (Expression? innerExpression, bool isCount) TryReadCount(Expressi
 
     private Expression? ReadAttribute(Expression expression)
     {
-        if (expression is MemberExpression memberExpression)
+        if (expression is MemberExpression { Expression: { } } memberExpression)
         {
-            ResourceType resourceType = memberExpression.Member.Name == nameof(Identifiable<object>.Id) && memberExpression.Expression != null
-                ? _resourceGraph.GetResourceType(memberExpression.Expression.Type)
-                : _resourceGraph.GetResourceType(memberExpression.Member.DeclaringType!);
-
+            ResourceType resourceType = _resourceGraph.GetResourceType(memberExpression.Expression.Type);
             AttrAttribute? attribute = resourceType.FindAttributeByPropertyName(memberExpression.Member.Name);
 
             if (attribute != null)
diff --git a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreTests/UnitTests/ResourceDefinitions/CreateSortExpressionFromLambdaTests.cs b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreTests/UnitTests/ResourceDefinitions/CreateSortExpressionFromLambdaTests.cs
index aff961eeeb..9efa95a19e 100644
--- a/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreTests/UnitTests/ResourceDefinitions/CreateSortExpressionFromLambdaTests.cs
+++ b/test/JsonApiDotNetCoreTests/UnitTests/ResourceDefinitions/CreateSortExpressionFromLambdaTests.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public void Can_convert_chain_of_ToOne_relationships_ending_in_attribute()
         string[] expected =
         {
             "-fileEntries:content",
-            "fileSystemEntries:name",
+            "fileEntries:name",
             "fileEntries:length",
             "fileSystemEntries:parent.fileSystemEntries:name",
             "fileSystemEntries:parent.fileSystemEntries:parent.fileSystemEntries:name"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public void Can_convert_chain_with_conversion_to_derived_types()
             "fileSystemEntries:parent.fileEntries:content",
             "count(directoryEntries:subdirectories)",
             "count(fileSystemEntries:parent.directoryEntries:files)",
-            "-fileSystemEntries:name"
+            "-directoryEntries:name"
         };
 
         expression.ToFullString().Should().Be(string.Join(',', expected));