diff --git a/grade/report/grader/lib.php b/grade/report/grader/lib.php
index a620934d1ba..443bbd30c47 100644
--- a/grade/report/grader/lib.php
+++ b/grade/report/grader/lib.php
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class grade_report_grader extends grade_report {
                         $this->sortorder = $SESSION->gradeuserreport->sort = 'ASC';
                     }
                 } else {
-                    $this->sortorder = $SESSION->gradeuserreport->sort = 'ASC';
+                    $this->sortorder = $SESSION->gradeuserreport->sort = 'DESC';
                 }
             }
             $SESSION->gradeuserreport->sortitemid = $this->sortitemid;
diff --git a/grade/report/lib.php b/grade/report/lib.php
index e5ea7524111..53bba1dd2e7 100755
--- a/grade/report/lib.php
+++ b/grade/report/lib.php
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class grade_report {
      * @param string HTML
      */
     function get_sort_arrow($direction='move', $sort_link=null) {
-        $matrix = array('up' => 'asc', 'down' => 'desc', 'move' => 'asc');
+        $matrix = array('up' => 'asc', 'down' => 'desc', 'move' => 'desc');
         $strsort = $this->get_lang_string('sort' . $matrix[$direction]);
         $arrow = print_arrow($direction, $strsort, true);
         $html = '<a href="'.$sort_link .'">' . $arrow . '</a>';