diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryModelVisitor.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryModelVisitor.cs
index a512b608b12..44cb0a3993b 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryModelVisitor.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/RelationalQueryModelVisitor.cs
@@ -1516,6 +1516,19 @@ var innerShapedQuery
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if (!(AppContext.TryGetSwitch("Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Issue9892", out var enabled) && enabled))
+            {
+                if (!IsFlattenableGroupJoinDefaultIfEmpty(groupJoinClause, queryModel, index))
+                {
+                    var shaperType = innerShapedQuery?.Arguments.Last().Type;
+                    if (shaperType == null
+                        || !typeof(EntityShaper).IsAssignableFrom(shaperType))
+                    {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             var joinClause = groupJoinClause.JoinClause;
 
             var outerQuerySource = FindPreviousQuerySource(queryModel, index);
@@ -1630,6 +1643,34 @@ var newShapedQueryMethod
             return true;
         }
 
+        private bool IsFlattenableGroupJoinDefaultIfEmpty(
+            [NotNull] GroupJoinClause groupJoinClause,
+            QueryModel queryModel,
+            int index)
+        {
+            var additionalFromClause
+                = queryModel.BodyClauses.ElementAtOrDefault(index + 1)
+                    as AdditionalFromClause;
+
+            var subQueryModel
+                = (additionalFromClause?.FromExpression as SubQueryExpression)
+                ?.QueryModel;
+
+            var referencedQuerySource
+                = subQueryModel?.MainFromClause.FromExpression.TryGetReferencedQuerySource();
+
+            if (referencedQuerySource != groupJoinClause
+                || queryModel.CountQuerySourceReferences(groupJoinClause) != 1
+                || subQueryModel.BodyClauses.Count != 0
+                || subQueryModel.ResultOperators.Count != 1
+                || !(subQueryModel.ResultOperators[0] is DefaultIfEmptyResultOperator))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
         private bool TryFlattenGroupJoinDefaultIfEmpty(
             [NotNull] GroupJoinClause groupJoinClause,
             QueryModel queryModel,
diff --git a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/QueryBugsTest.cs b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/QueryBugsTest.cs
index 8c655c3424a..ed891a1e716 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/QueryBugsTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/QueryBugsTest.cs
@@ -2689,6 +2689,98 @@ public class EntityWithLocalVariableAccessInFilter9825
 
         #endregion
 
+        #region Bug9892
+
+        [Fact]
+        public virtual void GroupJoin_to_parent_with_no_child_works_9892()
+        {
+            using (CreateDatabase9892())
+            {
+                using (var context = new MyContext9892(_options))
+                {
+                    var results = (
+                        from p in context.Parents
+                        join c in (
+                                from x in context.Children
+                                select new
+                                {
+                                    ParentId = x.ParentId,
+                                    OtherParent = x.OtherParent.Name
+                                })
+                            on p.Id equals c.ParentId into child
+                        select new
+                        {
+                            ParentId = p.Id,
+                            ParentName = p.Name,
+                            Children = child.Select(c => c.OtherParent)
+                        }).ToList();
+
+                    Assert.Equal(3, results.Count);
+                    Assert.Single(results.Where(t => !t.Children.Any()));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private SqlServerTestStore CreateDatabase9892()
+            => CreateTestStore(
+                () => new MyContext9892(_options),
+                context =>
+                {
+                    context.Parents.Add(new Parent9892 { Name = "Parent1" });
+                    context.Parents.Add(new Parent9892 { Name = "Parent2" });
+                    context.Parents.Add(new Parent9892 { Name = "Parent3" });
+
+                    context.OtherParents.Add(new OtherParent9892 { Name = "OtherParent1" });
+                    context.OtherParents.Add(new OtherParent9892 { Name = "OtherParent2" });
+
+                    context.SaveChanges();
+
+                    context.Children.Add(new Child9892 { ParentId = 1, OtherParentId = 1 });
+                    context.Children.Add(new Child9892 { ParentId = 1, OtherParentId = 2 });
+                    context.Children.Add(new Child9892 { ParentId = 2, OtherParentId = 1 });
+                    context.Children.Add(new Child9892 { ParentId = 2, OtherParentId = 2 });
+
+                    context.SaveChanges();
+
+                    ClearLog();
+                });
+
+        public class MyContext9892 : DbContext
+        {
+            public MyContext9892(DbContextOptions options)
+                : base(options)
+            {
+            }
+
+            public DbSet<Parent9892> Parents { get; set; }
+            public DbSet<Child9892> Children { get; set; }
+            public DbSet<OtherParent9892> OtherParents { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        public class Parent9892
+        {
+            public int Id { get; set; }
+            public string Name { get; set; }
+            public List<Child9892> Children { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        public class OtherParent9892
+        {
+            public int Id { get; set; }
+            public string Name { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        public class Child9892
+        {
+            public int Id { get; set; }
+            public int ParentId { get; set; }
+            public Parent9892 Parent { get; set; }
+            public int OtherParentId { get; set; }
+            public OtherParent9892 OtherParent { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
         private DbContextOptions _options;
 
         private SqlServerTestStore CreateTestStore<TContext>(