diff --git a/packages/common/src/components/TableView/__tests__/useSort.test.tsx b/packages/common/src/components/TableView/__tests__/useSort.test.tsx
index bba23ee16..2a8c6c782 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/components/TableView/__tests__/useSort.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/common/src/components/TableView/__tests__/useSort.test.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('useSort hook', () => {
     expect(activeSort).toMatchObject({
       resourceFieldId: NAME,
       label: NameColumn.label,
-      isAsc: false,
+      isAsc: true,
     });
   });
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('useSort hook', () => {
     expect(activeSort).toMatchObject({
       resourceFieldId: 'Foo',
       label: undefined,
-      isAsc: false,
+      isAsc: true,
     });
   });
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('useSort hook', () => {
     expect(activeSort).toMatchObject({
       resourceFieldId: undefined,
       label: undefined,
-      isAsc: false,
+      isAsc: true,
     });
 
     expect(setActiveSort).toBeDefined();
diff --git a/packages/common/src/components/TableView/sort.ts b/packages/common/src/components/TableView/sort.ts
index 1afbb9454..31643b690 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/components/TableView/sort.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/components/TableView/sort.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ export const useSort = (
   );
 
   const [activeSort, setActiveSort] = useState<SortType>({
-    isAsc: false,
+    // when no other order is define, default to ascending order
+    isAsc: true,
     resourceFieldId: firstField?.resourceFieldId,
     label: firstField?.label,
   });