diff --git a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
index e18986bc822b7..37e2268d61079 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_content/config.xml
@@ -726,7 +726,9 @@
 			type="list"
 			default="0"
 			label="JGLOBAL_MULTI_COLUMN_ORDER_LABEL"
-			description="JGLOBAL_MULTI_COLUMN_ORDER_DESC">
+			description="JGLOBAL_MULTI_COLUMN_ORDER_DESC"
+			showon="num_columns!:,0,1"
+			>
 			<option
 				value="0">JGLOBAL_DOWN</option>
 			<option