diff --git a/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml
index 46095912821956272b36c104f4a11900364b0113..1c58345278a4afbed68b911b9c16fc192780280f 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_new_project_item_select.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - if @projects.any?
   .prepend-left-10.project-item-select-holder
-    = project_select_tag :project_path, class: "project-item-select", data: { include_groups: local_assigns[:include_groups] }
+    = project_select_tag :project_path, class: "project-item-select", data: { include_groups: local_assigns[:include_groups], order_by: 'last_activity_at' }
     %a.btn.btn-new.new-project-item-select-button
       = icon('plus')
       = local_assigns[:label]