diff --git a/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/SelectList.java b/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/SelectList.java
index d7f12ff94..1e7780e3e 100644
--- a/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/SelectList.java
+++ b/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/analysis/SelectList.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class SelectList {
 
   public void reset() {
     for (SelectListItem item: items_) {
-      if (!item.isStar()) item.getExpr().reset();
+      if (!item.isStar()) item.setExpr(item.getExpr().reset());
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/exprs.test b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/exprs.test
index 3b2383eb9..d611884c1 100644
--- a/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/exprs.test
+++ b/testdata/workloads/functional-query/queries/QueryTest/exprs.test
@@ -2692,3 +2692,18 @@ where id = case when false then 0 when 1 = 1 then 1 else 2 end
 ---- TYPES
 INT,TINYINT
 ====
+---- QUERY
+# IMPALA-4849: verify that DISTINCT with a CASE that is rewritten analyzes correctly.
+select distinct case when true then id else 0 end from functional.alltypestiny
+---- RESULTS
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+---- TYPES
+INT
+====
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