diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/views/items/view.html.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/views/items/view.html.php
index b0c31c0b56726..441ff67027132 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/views/items/view.html.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/views/items/view.html.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 		// Preprocess the list of items to find ordering divisions.
 		foreach ($this->items as $item)
 		{
-			$this->ordering[$item->parent_id][] = $item->id;
+			$this->ordering[$item->parent_id][$item->lft] = $item->id;
 
 			// Item type text
 			switch ($item->type)