diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/unparser/plan.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/unparser/plan.rs
index 81e47ed939f2..eaae4fe73d8c 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/unparser/plan.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/unparser/plan.rs
@@ -276,9 +276,11 @@ impl Unparser<'_> {
     ) -> Result<()> {
         match plan {
             LogicalPlan::TableScan(scan) => {
-                if let Some(unparsed_table_scan) =
-                    Self::unparse_table_scan_pushdown(plan, None)?
-                {
+                if let Some(unparsed_table_scan) = Self::unparse_table_scan_pushdown(
+                    plan,
+                    None,
+                    select.already_projected(),
+                )? {
                     return self.select_to_sql_recursively(
                         &unparsed_table_scan,
                         query,
@@ -585,6 +587,7 @@ impl Unparser<'_> {
                 let unparsed_table_scan = Self::unparse_table_scan_pushdown(
                     plan,
                     Some(plan_alias.alias.clone()),
+                    select.already_projected(),
                 )?;
                 // if the child plan is a TableScan with pushdown operations, we don't need to
                 // create an additional subquery for it
@@ -714,6 +717,7 @@ impl Unparser<'_> {
     fn unparse_table_scan_pushdown(
         plan: &LogicalPlan,
         alias: Option<TableReference>,
+        already_projected: bool,
     ) -> Result<Option<LogicalPlan>> {
         match plan {
             LogicalPlan::TableScan(table_scan) => {
@@ -743,24 +747,29 @@ impl Unparser<'_> {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if let Some(project_vec) = &table_scan.projection {
-                    let project_columns = project_vec
-                        .iter()
-                        .cloned()
-                        .map(|i| {
-                            let schema = table_scan.source.schema();
-                            let field = schema.field(i);
-                            if alias.is_some() {
-                                Column::new(alias.clone(), field.name().clone())
-                            } else {
-                                Column::new(
-                                    Some(table_scan.table_name.clone()),
-                                    field.name().clone(),
-                                )
-                            }
-                        })
-                        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-                    builder = builder.project(project_columns)?;
+                // Avoid creating a duplicate Projection node, which would result in an additional subquery if a projection already exists.
+                // For example, if the `optimize_projection` rule is applied, there will be a Projection node, and duplicate projection
+                // information included in the TableScan node.
+                if !already_projected {
+                    if let Some(project_vec) = &table_scan.projection {
+                        let project_columns = project_vec
+                            .iter()
+                            .cloned()
+                            .map(|i| {
+                                let schema = table_scan.source.schema();
+                                let field = schema.field(i);
+                                if alias.is_some() {
+                                    Column::new(alias.clone(), field.name().clone())
+                                } else {
+                                    Column::new(
+                                        Some(table_scan.table_name.clone()),
+                                        field.name().clone(),
+                                    )
+                                }
+                            })
+                            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                        builder = builder.project(project_columns)?;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 let filter_expr: Result<Option<Expr>> = table_scan
@@ -805,14 +814,17 @@ impl Unparser<'_> {
                 Self::unparse_table_scan_pushdown(
                     &subquery_alias.input,
                     Some(subquery_alias.alias.clone()),
+                    already_projected,
                 )
             }
             // SubqueryAlias could be rewritten to a plan with a projection as the top node by [rewrite::subquery_alias_inner_query_and_columns].
             // The inner table scan could be a scan with pushdown operations.
             LogicalPlan::Projection(projection) => {
-                if let Some(plan) =
-                    Self::unparse_table_scan_pushdown(&projection.input, alias.clone())?
-                {
+                if let Some(plan) = Self::unparse_table_scan_pushdown(
+                    &projection.input,
+                    alias.clone(),
+                    already_projected,
+                )? {
                     let exprs = if alias.is_some() {
                         let mut alias_rewriter =
                             alias.as_ref().map(|alias_name| TableAliasRewriter {
diff --git a/datafusion/sql/tests/cases/plan_to_sql.rs b/datafusion/sql/tests/cases/plan_to_sql.rs
index 8e89323204a3..fcfee29f6ac9 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/tests/cases/plan_to_sql.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/tests/cases/plan_to_sql.rs
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ fn test_aggregation_without_projection() -> Result<()> {
 
     assert_eq!(
         actual,
-        r#"SELECT sum(users.age), users."name" FROM (SELECT users."name", users.age FROM users) GROUP BY users."name""#
+        r#"SELECT sum(users.age), users."name" FROM users GROUP BY users."name""#
     );
 
     Ok(())
@@ -926,12 +926,25 @@ fn test_table_scan_pushdown() -> Result<()> {
     let query_from_table_scan_with_projection = LogicalPlanBuilder::from(
         table_scan(Some("t1"), &schema, Some(vec![0, 1]))?.build()?,
     )
-    .project(vec![wildcard()])?
+    .project(vec![col("id"), col("age")])?
     .build()?;
     let query_from_table_scan_with_projection =
         plan_to_sql(&query_from_table_scan_with_projection)?;
     assert_eq!(
         query_from_table_scan_with_projection.to_string(),
+        "SELECT t1.id, t1.age FROM t1"
+    );
+
+    let query_from_table_scan_with_two_projections = LogicalPlanBuilder::from(
+        table_scan(Some("t1"), &schema, Some(vec![0, 1]))?.build()?,
+    )
+    .project(vec![col("id"), col("age")])?
+    .project(vec![wildcard()])?
+    .build()?;
+    let query_from_table_scan_with_two_projections =
+        plan_to_sql(&query_from_table_scan_with_two_projections)?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        query_from_table_scan_with_two_projections.to_string(),
         "SELECT * FROM (SELECT t1.id, t1.age FROM t1)"
     );