diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp
index 0a9b408b9..4f2457c64 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/NetworkOPs.cpp
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ std::vector< std::pair<Transaction::pointer, TransactionMetaSet::pointer> >
 		boost::str(boost::format("SELECT AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq,Status,RawTxn,TxnMeta FROM "
 			"AccountTransactions INNER JOIN Transactions ON Transactions.TransID = AccountTransactions.TransID "
 			"WHERE Account = '%s' AND AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq <= '%u' AND AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq >= '%u' "
-			"ORDER BY AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq,AccountTransactions.TransID DESC%s;")
+			"ORDER BY AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq DESC, AccountTransactions.TransID DESC%s;")
 			% account.humanAccountID() % maxLedger % minLedger % (bAdmin ? "" : " LIMIT 200"));
 
 	{
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ std::vector<NetworkOPs::txnMetaLedgerType> NetworkOPs::getAccountTxsB(
 	std::string sql = str(boost::format("SELECT AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq,Status,RawTxn,TxnMeta FROM "
 			"AccountTransactions INNER JOIN Transactions ON Transactions.TransID = AccountTransactions.TransID "
 			"WHERE Account = '%s' AND AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq <= '%u' AND AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq >= '%u' "
-			"ORDER BY AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq,AccountTransactions.TransID DESC%s;")
+			"ORDER BY AccountTransactions.LedgerSeq DESC, AccountTransactions.TransID DESC%s;")
 			% account.humanAccountID() % maxLedger	% minLedger % (bAdmin ? "" : " LIMIT 500"));
 
 	{