diff --git a/mozilla/extensions/irc/xul/content/static.js b/mozilla/extensions/irc/xul/content/static.js
index 6d65ad90abb..61bd2f89c96 100644
--- a/mozilla/extensions/irc/xul/content/static.js
+++ b/mozilla/extensions/irc/xul/content/static.js
@@ -3038,6 +3038,7 @@ function getTabForObject (source, create)
             source.userListShare = new Object();
             source.userList = new XULTreeView(source.userListShare);
             source.userList.getCellProperties = ul_getcellprops;
+            source.userList.childData.setSortDirection(1);
         }
     }