diff --git a/planner/core/cbo_test.go b/planner/core/cbo_test.go
index a29fb980a07d7..4b8ceefd1e3df 100644
--- a/planner/core/cbo_test.go
+++ b/planner/core/cbo_test.go
@@ -924,3 +924,21 @@ func (s *testAnalyzeSuite) TestIssue9562(c *C) {
 		"      └─TableScan_13 10000.00 cop table:t1, range:[-inf,+inf], keep order:false, stats:pseudo",
 	))
 }
+
+func (s *testAnalyzeSuite) TestIssue9125(c *C) {
+	defer testleak.AfterTest(c)()
+	store, dom, err := newStoreWithBootstrap()
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, store)
+	defer func() {
+		dom.Close()
+		store.Close()
+	}()
+
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t1(name varchar(100) DEFAULT NULL)")
+	tk.MustExec("insert into t1(name) values('test')")
+	tk.MustQuery("select count(1) from (select count(1) from (select * from t1 where name='test') t) t2").Check(testkit.Rows(
+		"1",
+	))
+}
diff --git a/planner/core/rule_column_pruning.go b/planner/core/rule_column_pruning.go
index 34f74d1eca006..f3ae618fa41e0 100644
--- a/planner/core/rule_column_pruning.go
+++ b/planner/core/rule_column_pruning.go
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ func (la *LogicalAggregation) PruneColumns(parentUsedCols []*expression.Column)
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if len(parentUsedCols) == 0 && len(used) > 0 {
+		// For sql like `select count(1) from (select count(1) from t)`, no column used.
+		// tikv's response will be empty if the inner aggr is pushed down.
+		// We should force some column to be used.
+		used[0] = true
+	}
+
 	for i := len(used) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		if !used[i] {
 			la.schema.Columns = append(la.schema.Columns[:i], la.schema.Columns[i+1:]...)