diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Block/Product/ProductList/Toolbar.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Block/Product/ProductList/Toolbar.php
index df98969c262cea0b631504f57abd1353c4ab26d3..dfbaf3a62420ae7bd225f9d0df9e27f73f530910 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Block/Product/ProductList/Toolbar.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Block/Product/ProductList/Toolbar.php
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ class Toolbar extends \Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template
             'limit' => ToolbarModel::LIMIT_PARAM_NAME,
             'modeDefault' => $defaultMode,
             'directionDefault' => $this->_direction ?: ProductList::DEFAULT_SORT_DIRECTION,
-            'orderDefault' => $this->_productListHelper->getDefaultSortField(),
+            'orderDefault' => $this->getOrderField(),
             'limitDefault' => $this->_productListHelper->getDefaultLimitPerPageValue($defaultMode),
             'url' => $this->getPagerUrl(),
         ];