diff --git a/app/models/spree/order.rb b/app/models/spree/order.rb
index 6fc2ec1ac0..ea823f06b5 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/order.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/order.rb
@@ -149,11 +149,13 @@ module Spree
     }
 
     scope :sort_by_billing_address_name_asc, -> {
-      joins(:bill_address).order("spree_addresses.lastname ASC, spree_addresses.firstname ASC")
+      references(:bill_address)
+        .order("spree_addresses.lastname ASC, spree_addresses.firstname ASC")
     }
 
     scope :sort_by_billing_address_name_desc, -> {
-      joins(:bill_address).order("spree_addresses.lastname DESC, spree_addresses.firstname DESC")
+      references(:bill_address)
+        .order("spree_addresses.lastname DESC, spree_addresses.firstname DESC")
     }
 
     scope :with_line_items_variants_and_products_outer, lambda {
diff --git a/app/services/search_orders.rb b/app/services/search_orders.rb
index 60cf824e63..e8992d1b90 100644
--- a/app/services/search_orders.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_orders.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@ class SearchOrders
   attr_reader :params, :current_user
 
   def fetch_orders
-    @search = search_query.
+    search = search_query.
       includes(:payments, :subscription, :shipments, :bill_address, :distributor, :order_cycle).
-      ransack(params[:q])
+      ransack(params[:q]).
+      result(distinct: true)
 
-    @search.result(distinct: true).joins(:bill_address)
+    if params.dig(:q, :s)&.starts_with?("bill_address_")
+      search = search.select('spree_addresses.*, spree_orders.*')
+    end
+
+    search
   end
 
   def search_query
diff --git a/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_table_row.html.haml b/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_table_row.html.haml
index 3f8feb8d42..b25b7c2c1a 100644
--- a/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_table_row.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/spree/admin/orders/_table_row.html.haml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     %a{ href: "mailto:#{order.email}", target: "_blank" }
       = order.email
   %td
-    = order.bill_address.full_name_for_sorting
+    = order&.bill_address&.full_name_for_sorting
   %td.align-center
     %span
       = order.display_total
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v0/orders_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v0/orders_controller_spec.rb
index 773a9170b8..3f2e710bc2 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v0/orders_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v0/orders_controller_spec.rb
@@ -149,6 +149,33 @@ module Api
             .map{ |o| o[:id] }).to eq serialized_orders([order2, order3, order1, order4])
               .map{ |o| o["id"] }
         end
+
+        context "with an order without billing address" do
+          let!(:order7) {
+            create(:order_with_line_items, billing_address: nil, order_cycle: order_cycle,
+                                           distributor: distributor)
+          }
+
+          it 'can show orders without bill address' do
+            get :index, params: { q: {} },
+                        as: :json
+
+            expect(json_response['orders']
+              .map{ |o| o[:id] }).to match_array serialized_orders([order2, order3, order1, order4,
+                                                                    order7])
+                .map{ |o|
+                                                   o["id"]
+                                                 }
+          end
+
+          it 'can sort orders by bill_address.lastname' do
+            get :index, params: { q: { s: 'bill_address_lastname ASC' } },
+                        as: :json
+            expect(json_response['orders']
+              .map{ |o| o[:id] }).to eq serialized_orders([order2, order3, order1, order4, order7])
+                .map{ |o| o["id"] }
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       context 'with pagination' do
diff --git a/spec/system/admin/orders_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin/orders_spec.rb
index 1ed41fb713..d64b74eb9d 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin/orders_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin/orders_spec.rb
@@ -269,8 +269,6 @@ describe '
       end
 
       it "displays non-empty cart orders" do
-        pending "issue #11120"
-
         # empty cart order does not appear in the results
         expect(page).not_to have_content order_empty.number
 
@@ -278,8 +276,13 @@ describe '
         expect(page).to have_content order_not_empty.number
 
         # non-empty cart order, with no with bill- and ship-address appear in the results
+        expect(page).to have_content order_not_empty_no_address.number
 
-        # pending issue #11120
+        # And the same orders are displayed when sorting by name:
+        find("th a", text: "NAME").click
+
+        expect(page).to have_no_content order_empty.number
+        expect(page).to have_content order_not_empty.number
         expect(page).to have_content order_not_empty_no_address.number
       end
     end