diff --git a/templates/admin/base/search.tmpl b/templates/admin/base/search.tmpl
index 5491d6b94a28..749e42af2dc7 100644
--- a/templates/admin/base/search.tmpl
+++ b/templates/admin/base/search.tmpl
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 			<i class="dropdown icon"></i>
 		</span>
 		<div class="menu">
-			<a class="{{if or (eq .SortType "oldest") (not .SortType)}}active{{end}} item" href="{{$.Link}}?sort=oldest&q={{$.Keyword}}">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.filter_sort.latest"}}</a>
-			<a class="{{if eq .SortType "newest"}}active{{end}} item" href="{{$.Link}}?sort=newest&q={{$.Keyword}}">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.filter_sort.oldest"}}</a>
+			<a class="{{if or (eq .SortType "oldest") (not .SortType)}}active{{end}} item" href="{{$.Link}}?sort=oldest&q={{$.Keyword}}">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.filter_sort.oldest"}}</a>
+			<a class="{{if eq .SortType "newest"}}active{{end}} item" href="{{$.Link}}?sort=newest&q={{$.Keyword}}">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.filter_sort.latest"}}</a>
 			<a class="{{if eq .SortType "alphabetically"}}active{{end}} item" href="{{$.Link}}?sort=alphabetically&q={{$.Keyword}}">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.label.filter_sort.alphabetically"}}</a>
 			<a class="{{if eq .SortType "reversealphabetically"}}active{{end}} item" href="{{$.Link}}?sort=reversealphabetically&q={{$.Keyword}}">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.label.filter_sort.reverse_alphabetically"}}</a>
 			<a class="{{if eq .SortType "recentupdate"}}active{{end}} item" href="{{$.Link}}?sort=recentupdate&q={{$.Keyword}}">{{.i18n.Tr "repo.issues.filter_sort.recentupdate"}}</a>