diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 56ab89abaf975c366e6b83905500cfea61b22b93..196a3d49911af40ab80921705faeba8a4aa49afb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ v 8.11.0 (unreleased)
   - Add "No one can push" as an option for protected branches. !5081
   - Improve performance of AutolinkFilter#text_parse by using XPath
   - Add experimental Redis Sentinel support !1877
+  - Fix branches page dropdown sort initial state (ClemMakesApps)
   - Environments have an url to link to
   - Update `timeago` plugin to use multiple string/locale settings
   - Remove unused images (ClemMakesApps)
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
index e926043f3ebadbcf21721efa2430daa852f23409..48fe81b0d7456b66f0e200447dea7fa9f34ed0b3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 class Projects::BranchesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   include ActionView::Helpers::SanitizeHelper
+  include SortingHelper
   # Authorize
   before_action :require_non_empty_project
   before_action :authorize_download_code!
   before_action :authorize_push_code!, only: [:new, :create, :destroy]
 
   def index
-    @sort = params[:sort].presence || 'name'
+    @sort = params[:sort].presence || sort_value_name
     @branches = BranchesFinder.new(@repository, params).execute
     @branches = Kaminari.paginate_array(@branches).page(params[:page])