diff --git a/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py b/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py
index 5805ede197..2616cf76eb 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/forms/filter.py
@@ -474,6 +474,8 @@ class SubEventFilterForm(FilterForm):
 
         if fdata.get('ordering'):
             qs = qs.order_by(self.get_order_by())
+        else:
+            qs = qs.order_by('-date_from')
 
         return qs