diff --git a/lib/adminlib.php b/lib/adminlib.php
index e38bc3238b8..153108c2b51 100644
--- a/lib/adminlib.php
+++ b/lib/adminlib.php
@@ -3226,7 +3226,7 @@ class admin_setting_special_coursemanager extends admin_setting_configmulticheck
         if (is_array($this->choices)) {
             return true;
         }
-        if ($roles = get_records('role')) {
+        if ($roles = get_records('role','','','sortorder')) {
             $this->choices = array();
             foreach($roles as $role) {
                 $this->choices[$role->id] = format_string($role->name);