diff --git a/app/helpers/sorting_helper.rb b/app/helpers/sorting_helper.rb
index 3a5d1b97c3677840b48d5b8c330fb0c0a0e8fe3b..2fda98cae9040d17d08644619c0c38996d80e5d3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/sorting_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/sorting_helper.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ module SortingHelper
     }
   end
 
+  def branches_sort_options_hash
+    {
+      sort_value_name => sort_title_name,
+      sort_value_recently_updated => sort_title_recently_updated,
+      sort_value_oldest_updated => sort_title_oldest_updated
+    }
+  end
+
   def sort_title_priority
     'Priority'
   end
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml
index bd1f2d96f56fa7038657850c1bfea1c9e295438b..91b86280e4cc9fc68cb366d7d1a3d6c4eae75206 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@
       .dropdown.inline>
         %button.dropdown-menu-toggle{ type: 'button', 'data-toggle' => 'dropdown' }
           %span.light
-            = projects_sort_options_hash[@sort]
+            = branches_sort_options_hash[@sort]
           = icon('chevron-down')
-        %ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-align-right
-          %li
-            = link_to filter_branches_path(sort: sort_value_name) do
-              = sort_title_name
-            = link_to filter_branches_path(sort: sort_value_recently_updated) do
-              = sort_title_recently_updated
-            = link_to filter_branches_path(sort: sort_value_oldest_updated) do
-              = sort_title_oldest_updated
+        %ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-align-right.dropdown-menu-selectable
+          %li.dropdown-header
+            Sort by
+          - branches_sort_options_hash.each do |value, title|
+            %li
+              = link_to title, filter_branches_path(sort: value), class: ("is-active" if @sort == value)
 
       - if can? current_user, :push_code, @project
         = link_to namespace_project_merged_branches_path(@project.namespace, @project), class: 'btn btn-inverted btn-remove has-tooltip', title: "Delete all branches that are merged into '#{@project.repository.root_ref}'", method: :delete, data: { confirm: "Deleting the merged branches cannot be undone. Are you sure?", container: 'body' } do