diff --git a/drizzle-orm/src/mysql-core/query-builders/insert.ts b/drizzle-orm/src/mysql-core/query-builders/insert.ts
index fe9f7d7ba..5a9afaa8a 100644
--- a/drizzle-orm/src/mysql-core/query-builders/insert.ts
+++ b/drizzle-orm/src/mysql-core/query-builders/insert.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ import type { Placeholder, Query, SQLWrapper } from '~/sql/sql.ts';
 import { Param, SQL, sql } from '~/sql/sql.ts';
 import type { InferModelFromColumns } from '~/table.ts';
 import { Table } from '~/table.ts';
-import { mapUpdateSet, orderSelectedFields } from '~/utils.ts';
-import type { AnyMySqlColumn, MySqlColumn } from '../columns/common.ts';
+import { mapUpdateSet } from '~/utils.ts';
+import type { AnyMySqlColumn } from '../columns/common.ts';
 import type { SelectedFieldsOrdered } from './select.types.ts';
 import type { MySqlUpdateSetSource } from './update.ts';
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export class MySqlInsertBase<
 				returning.push({ field: value, path: [key] });
 			}
 		}
-		this.config.returning = orderSelectedFields<MySqlColumn>(this.config.table[Table.Symbol.Columns]);
+		this.config.returning = returning;
 		return this as any;
 	}
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/tests/mysql/mysql-common.ts b/integration-tests/tests/mysql/mysql-common.ts
index 45b96f391..1d3789943 100644
--- a/integration-tests/tests/mysql/mysql-common.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/tests/mysql/mysql-common.ts
@@ -3445,6 +3445,23 @@ export function tests(driver?: string) {
 			expect(result).toStrictEqual([{ id: 1 }]);
 		});
 
+		test('insert $returningId: serial as id, not first column', async (ctx) => {
+			const { db } = ctx.mysql;
+
+			const usersTableDefNotFirstColumn = mysqlTable('users2', {
+				name: text('name').notNull(),
+				id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
+			});
+
+			const result = await db.insert(usersTableDefNotFirstColumn).values({ name: 'John' }).$returningId();
+
+			expectTypeOf(result).toEqualTypeOf<{
+				id: number;
+			}[]>();
+
+			expect(result).toStrictEqual([{ id: 1 }]);
+		});
+
 		test('insert $returningId: serial as id, batch insert', async (ctx) => {
 			const { db } = ctx.mysql;