diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml
index 4761426c15929..5573d4aba3f94 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/forms/filter_categories.xml
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@
 			<option value="">JGLOBAL_SORT_BY</option>
 			<option value="a.lft ASC">JGRID_HEADING_ORDERING_ASC</option>
 			<option value="a.lft DESC">JGRID_HEADING_ORDERING_DESC</option>
-			<option value="association ASC" requires="associations">JASSOCIATIONS_ASC</option>
-			<option value="association DESC" requires="associations">JASSOCIATIONS_DESC</option>
 			<option value="a.published ASC">JSTATUS_ASC</option>
 			<option value="a.published DESC">JSTATUS_DESC</option>
 			<option value="a.title ASC">JGLOBAL_TITLE_ASC</option>
 			<option value="a.title DESC">JGLOBAL_TITLE_DESC</option>
 			<option value="access_level ASC">JGRID_HEADING_ACCESS_ASC</option>
 			<option value="access_level DESC">JGRID_HEADING_ACCESS_DESC</option>
+			<option value="association ASC" requires="associations">JASSOCIATIONS_ASC</option>
+			<option value="association DESC" requires="associations">JASSOCIATIONS_DESC</option>
 			<option value="language_title ASC">JGRID_HEADING_LANGUAGE_ASC</option>
 			<option value="language_title DESC">JGRID_HEADING_LANGUAGE_DESC</option>
 			<option value="a.id ASC">JGRID_HEADING_ID_ASC</option>