diff --git a/dask_expr/_concat.py b/dask_expr/_concat.py
index f99503121..e532659fe 100644
--- a/dask_expr/_concat.py
+++ b/dask_expr/_concat.py
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
     Blockwise,
     Expr,
     Projection,
+    ToFrame,
     are_co_aligned,
     determine_column_projection,
 )
+from dask_expr._util import _convert_to_list
 
 
 class Concat(Expr):
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ def get_columns_or_name(e: Expr):
                 return e.columns if e.ndim == 2 else [e.name]
 
             columns = determine_column_projection(self, parent, dependents)
+            columns = _convert_to_list(columns)
             columns_frame = [
                 [col for col in get_columns_or_name(frame) if col in columns]
                 for frame in self._frames
@@ -252,18 +255,22 @@ def get_columns_or_name(e: Expr):
                 for frame, cols in zip(self._frames, columns_frame)
                 if len(cols) > 0
             ]
-            return type(parent)(
-                type(self)(
-                    self.join,
-                    self.ignore_order,
-                    self._kwargs,
-                    self.axis,
-                    self.ignore_unknown_divisions,
-                    self.interleave_partitions,
-                    *frames,
-                ),
-                *parent.operands[1:],
+            result = type(self)(
+                self.join,
+                self.ignore_order,
+                self._kwargs,
+                self.axis,
+                self.ignore_unknown_divisions,
+                self.interleave_partitions,
+                *frames,
             )
+            if result.columns == _convert_to_list(parent.operand("columns")):
+                if result.ndim == parent.ndim:
+                    return result
+                elif result.ndim < parent.ndim:
+                    return ToFrame(result)
+
+            return type(parent)(result, *parent.operands[1:])
 
 
 class StackPartition(Concat):
diff --git a/dask_expr/tests/test_concat.py b/dask_expr/tests/test_concat.py
index e75f63e37..394c4c0cc 100644
--- a/dask_expr/tests/test_concat.py
+++ b/dask_expr/tests/test_concat.py
@@ -339,3 +339,13 @@ def test_concat_series(pdf):
     expected = concat([df2.y, df2.x], axis=1)[["x", "y"]]
     assert q.optimize(fuse=False)._name == expected.optimize(fuse=False)._name
     assert_eq(q, pd.concat([pdf.y, pdf.x, pdf.z], axis=1)[["x", "y"]])
+
+
+def test_concat_series_and_projection(df, pdf):
+    result = concat([df.x, df.y], axis=1)["x"]
+    expected = pd.concat([pdf.x, pdf.y], axis=1)["x"]
+    assert_eq(result, expected)
+
+    result = concat([df.x, df.y], axis=1)[["x"]]
+    expected = pd.concat([pdf.x, pdf.y], axis=1)[["x"]]
+    assert_eq(result, expected)