diff --git a/catalogue/search.pl b/catalogue/search.pl
index 4d165ace7c..006a1d45b9 100755
--- a/catalogue/search.pl
+++ b/catalogue/search.pl
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ eval {
 # This sorts the facets into alphabetical order
 if ($facets) {
     foreach my $f (@$facets) {
-        $f->{facets} = [ sort { uc($a->{facet_title_value}) cmp uc($b->{facet_title_value}) } @{ $f->{facets} } ];
+        $f->{facets} = [ sort { uc($a->{facet_label_value}) cmp uc($b->{facet_label_value}) } @{ $f->{facets} } ];
     }
 }
 if ($@ || $error) {
diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 2c4e34e2fd..81f2bbb4ef 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ if ($tag) {
 # This sorts the facets into alphabetical order
 if ($facets) {
     foreach my $f (@$facets) {
-        $f->{facets} = [ sort { uc($a->{facet_title_value}) cmp uc($b->{facet_title_value}) } @{ $f->{facets} } ];
+        $f->{facets} = [ sort { uc($a->{facet_label_value}) cmp uc($b->{facet_label_value}) } @{ $f->{facets} } ];
     }
     @$facets = sort {$a->{expand} cmp $b->{expand}} @$facets;
 }