diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala
index 7801cd347f7d..4a60456984f5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/plans/QueryPlan.scala
@@ -520,9 +520,41 @@ abstract class QueryPlan[PlanType <: QueryPlan[PlanType]]
   def subqueries: Seq[PlanType] = _subqueries()
 
   private val _subqueries = new TransientBestEffortLazyVal(() =>
-    expressions.filter(_.containsPattern(PLAN_EXPRESSION)).flatMap(_.collect {
-      case e: PlanExpression[_] => e.plan.asInstanceOf[PlanType]
-    })
+    {
+      val queryPlanBaseClass = classOf[QueryPlan[_]]
+
+      def directChildQueryPlanClass(clazz: Class[_]): Option[Class[_]] = {
+        var current = clazz
+        while (current != null && queryPlanBaseClass.isAssignableFrom(current)) {
+          val parent = current.getSuperclass
+          if (parent == queryPlanBaseClass) {
+            return Some(current)
+          }
+          current = parent
+        }
+        None
+      }
+
+      val baseQueryPlanClass = directChildQueryPlanClass(getClass)
+
+      val rawSubqueries = expressions
+        .filter(_.containsPattern(PLAN_EXPRESSION))
+        .flatMap(_.collect {
+          case planExpression: PlanExpression[_] =>
+            planExpression.plan
+        })
+
+      baseQueryPlanClass match {
+        case Some(baseClass) =>
+          rawSubqueries.collect {
+            case subquery
+              if directChildQueryPlanClass(subquery.getClass).contains(baseClass) =>
+              subquery.asInstanceOf[PlanType]
+          }
+        case None =>
+          Seq.empty
+      }
+    }
   )
 
   /**