diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py
index f759c9de3..e052c6890 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py
@@ -93,10 +93,16 @@ class OrderFilterForm(FilterForm):
             else:
                 qs = qs.filter(status=s)
 
+        if fdata.get('ordering'):
+            qs = qs.order_by(dict(self.fields['ordering'].choices)[fdata.get('ordering')])
+
         return qs
 
 
 class EventOrderFilterForm(OrderFilterForm):
+    orders = {'code': 'code', 'email': 'email', 'total': 'total',
+              'datetime': 'datetime', 'status': 'status', 'pcnt': 'pcnt'}
+
     item = forms.ModelChoiceField(
         label=_('Products'),
         queryset=Item.objects.none(),
@@ -157,6 +163,10 @@ class EventOrderFilterForm(OrderFilterForm):
 
 
 class OrderSearchFilterForm(OrderFilterForm):
+    orders = {'code': 'code', 'email': 'email', 'total': 'total',
+              'datetime': 'datetime', 'status': 'status', 'pcnt': 'pcnt',
+              'event': 'event'}
+
     organizer = forms.ModelChoiceField(
         label=_('Organizer'),
         queryset=Organizer.objects.none(),
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py b/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
index e1021e28c..ee0cbb115 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/orders.py
@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ class OrderList(EventPermissionRequiredMixin, ListView):
         if self.filter_form.is_valid():
             qs = self.filter_form.filter_qs(qs)
 
-        if self.request.GET.get("ordering", "") != "":
-            p = self.request.GET.get("ordering", "")
-            p_admissable = ('-code', 'code', '-email', 'email', '-total', 'total', '-datetime',
-                            'datetime', '-status', 'status', 'pcnt', '-pcnt')
-            if p in p_admissable:
-                qs = qs.order_by(p)
-
         return qs.distinct()
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):