diff --git a/src/main/java/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferredExecutionSupport.java b/src/main/java/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferredExecutionSupport.java
index 3b8e7efe8a..2b9ef720a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferredExecutionSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferredExecutionSupport.java
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ public DeferredExecutionSupportImpl(
             ImmutableList.Builder<String> nonDeferredFieldNamesBuilder = ImmutableList.builder();
 
             mergedSelectionSet.getSubFields().values().forEach(mergedField -> {
+                if (mergedField.getFields().size() > mergedField.getDeferredExecutions().size()) {
+                    nonDeferredFieldNamesBuilder.add(mergedField.getSingleField().getResultKey());
+                    return;
+                }
                 mergedField.getDeferredExecutions().forEach(de -> {
                     deferredExecutionToFieldsBuilder.put(de, mergedField);
                     deferredFieldsBuilder.add(mergedField);
                 });
-
-                if (mergedField.getDeferredExecutions().isEmpty()) {
-                    nonDeferredFieldNamesBuilder.add(mergedField.getSingleField().getResultKey());
-                }
             });
 
             this.deferredExecutionToFields = deferredExecutionToFieldsBuilder.build();
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferExecutionSupportIntegrationTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferExecutionSupportIntegrationTest.groovy
index 3f149a8ad5..7e3cae0520 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferExecutionSupportIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/graphql/execution/incremental/DeferExecutionSupportIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -1604,6 +1604,37 @@ class DeferExecutionSupportIntegrationTest extends Specification {
         incrementalResults.any { it.incremental[0].path == ["posts", 2] }
     }
 
+
+    def "two fragments one with defer and one without"() {
+        given:
+        def query = '''
+            query {
+                post {
+                 text
+                ...f1 @defer
+                ...f2
+                }
+            }
+            
+         fragment f1 on Post {
+               summary
+          }
+         fragment f2 on Post {
+           summary
+          }
+        '''
+        when:
+        def initialResult = executeQuery(query)
+
+        then:
+        initialResult.toSpecification() == [
+                data: [post: [summary: "A summary", text: "The full text"]]
+        ]
+
+
+    }
+
+
     private ExecutionResult executeQuery(String query) {
         return this.executeQuery(query, true, [:])
     }