diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff71d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Test quantified expression inside SQL aggregate
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse test if exists;
+create  dataverse test;
+
+use test;
+
+create type test.AddressType as
+ closed {
+  number : bigint,
+  street : string,
+  city : string
+};
+
+create type test.CustomerType as
+ closed {
+  cid : bigint,
+  name : string,
+  age : bigint?,
+  address : AddressType?,
+  interests : {{string}},
+  children : [{
+          name : string,
+          age : bigint?
+      }
+]
+};
+
+create dataset Customers(CustomerType) primary key cid;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a47e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Test quantified expression inside SQL aggregate
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+load  dataset Customers using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/semistructured/co1k/customer.adm`),(`format`=`adm`));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f0af57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description: Test quantified expression inside SQL aggregate
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+SELECT VALUE SUM(CASE WHEN (SOME a IN interests SATISFIES a LIKE '%Cooking%' END) THEN 1 ELSE 0 END)
+FROM Customers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c147342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/group-by/sugar-09/sugar-09.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+81
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index 0031b9f..4fcf9f8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -3170,6 +3170,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="group-by">
+      <compilation-unit name="sugar-09">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">sugar-09</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="group-by">
       <compilation-unit name="null">
         <output-dir compare="Text">null</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/util/SqlppVariableUtil.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/util/SqlppVariableUtil.java
index 14dfaeb..28c9b73 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/util/SqlppVariableUtil.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/util/SqlppVariableUtil.java
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.clause.GroupbyClause;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.clause.LetClause;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.GbyVariableExpressionPair;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.QuantifiedExpression;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.expression.VariableExpr;
+import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.struct.QuantifiedPair;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.common.struct.VarIdentifier;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.sqlpp.clause.AbstractBinaryCorrelateClause;
 import org.apache.asterix.lang.sqlpp.clause.FromClause;
@@ -167,4 +169,12 @@
         return bindingVars;
     }
 
+    public static List<VariableExpr> getBindingVariables(QuantifiedExpression qe) {
+        List<QuantifiedPair> quantifiedList = qe.getQuantifiedList();
+        List<VariableExpr> bindingVars = new ArrayList<>(quantifiedList.size());
+        for (QuantifiedPair qp : quantifiedList) {
+            bindingVars.add(qp.getVarExpr());
+        }
+        return bindingVars;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java
index b754533..6945103 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java
@@ -373,10 +373,14 @@
 
     @Override
     public Void visit(QuantifiedExpression qe, Collection<VariableExpr> freeVars) throws CompilationException {
+        Collection<VariableExpr> qeBindingVars = SqlppVariableUtil.getBindingVariables(qe);
+        Collection<VariableExpr> qeFreeVars = new HashSet<>();
         for (QuantifiedPair pair : qe.getQuantifiedList()) {
-            pair.getExpr().accept(this, freeVars);
+            pair.getExpr().accept(this, qeFreeVars);
         }
-        qe.getSatisfiesExpr().accept(this, freeVars);
+        qe.getSatisfiesExpr().accept(this, qeFreeVars);
+        qeFreeVars.removeAll(qeBindingVars);
+        freeVars.addAll(qeFreeVars);
         return null;
     }