diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
index 8605853117905ee7155c7c8bd7d4c825fa149fca..747768eefb1add17dd0ca96f8b668b6af7bd1515 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Projects::BranchesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   before_action :authorize_push_code!, only: [:new, :create, :destroy, :destroy_all_merged]
 
   def index
-    @sort = params[:sort].presence || sort_value_name
+    @sort = params[:sort].presence || sort_value_recently_updated
     @branches = BranchesFinder.new(@repository, params).execute
     @branches = Kaminari.paginate_array(@branches).page(params[:page])