diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesBytesRefAggregator.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesBytesRefAggregator.java
index 72c840f090b83..de178ce8a971e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesBytesRefAggregator.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesBytesRefAggregator.java
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ public static void combineIntermediate(GroupingState state, int groupId, BytesRe
     }
 
     public static void combineStates(GroupingState current, int currentGroupId, GroupingState state, int statePosition) {
-        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         if (statePosition > state.maxGroupId) {
             return;
         }
+        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         var start = statePosition > 0 ? sorted.counts[statePosition - 1] : 0;
         var end = sorted.counts[statePosition];
         for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesDoubleAggregator.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesDoubleAggregator.java
index 99919b3b05158..786b5c0857548 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesDoubleAggregator.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesDoubleAggregator.java
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ public static void combineIntermediate(GroupingState state, int groupId, DoubleB
     }
 
     public static void combineStates(GroupingState current, int currentGroupId, GroupingState state, int statePosition) {
-        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         if (statePosition > state.maxGroupId) {
             return;
         }
+        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         var start = statePosition > 0 ? sorted.counts[statePosition - 1] : 0;
         var end = sorted.counts[statePosition];
         for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesFloatAggregator.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesFloatAggregator.java
index e544635de2ff5..7ed479a4d69ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesFloatAggregator.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesFloatAggregator.java
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ public static void combineIntermediate(GroupingState state, int groupId, FloatBl
     }
 
     public static void combineStates(GroupingState current, int currentGroupId, GroupingState state, int statePosition) {
-        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         if (statePosition > state.maxGroupId) {
             return;
         }
+        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         var start = statePosition > 0 ? sorted.counts[statePosition - 1] : 0;
         var end = sorted.counts[statePosition];
         for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesIntAggregator.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesIntAggregator.java
index 0ef8923a812ff..dd3af8af09a05 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesIntAggregator.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesIntAggregator.java
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ public static void combineIntermediate(GroupingState state, int groupId, IntBloc
     }
 
     public static void combineStates(GroupingState current, int currentGroupId, GroupingState state, int statePosition) {
-        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         if (statePosition > state.maxGroupId) {
             return;
         }
+        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         var start = statePosition > 0 ? sorted.counts[statePosition - 1] : 0;
         var end = sorted.counts[statePosition];
         for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesLongAggregator.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesLongAggregator.java
index 7a0a8bed86fe9..97bbfc3f8365f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesLongAggregator.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/generated-src/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/ValuesLongAggregator.java
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ public static void combineIntermediate(GroupingState state, int groupId, LongBlo
     }
 
     public static void combineStates(GroupingState current, int currentGroupId, GroupingState state, int statePosition) {
-        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         if (statePosition > state.maxGroupId) {
             return;
         }
+        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         var start = statePosition > 0 ? sorted.counts[statePosition - 1] : 0;
         var end = sorted.counts[statePosition];
         for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/X-ValuesAggregator.java.st b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/X-ValuesAggregator.java.st
index ecf8d8180e168..89f30d8811107 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/X-ValuesAggregator.java.st
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/compute/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/compute/aggregation/X-ValuesAggregator.java.st
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ $endif$
     }
 
     public static void combineStates(GroupingState current, int currentGroupId, GroupingState state, int statePosition) {
-        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         if (statePosition > state.maxGroupId) {
             return;
         }
+        var sorted = state.sortedForOrdinalMerging(current);
         var start = statePosition > 0 ? sorted.counts[statePosition - 1] : 0;
         var end = sorted.counts[statePosition];
         for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {