diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/NPocoSqlExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/NPocoSqlExtensions.cs
index 05f15f7372..ed51d4a182 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/NPocoSqlExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Persistence/NPocoSqlExtensions.cs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Extensions
         /// <returns>The Sql statement.</returns>
         public static Sql<ISqlContext> OrderByDescending<TDto>(this Sql<ISqlContext> sql, Expression<Func<TDto, object>> field)
         {
-            return sql.OrderBy("(" + sql.SqlContext.SqlSyntax.GetFieldName(field) + ") DESC");
+            return sql.OrderByDescending(sql.SqlContext.SqlSyntax.GetFieldName(field));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Extensions
             var columns = fields.Length == 0
                 ? sql.GetColumns<TDto>(withAlias: false)
                 : fields.Select(x => sqlSyntax.GetFieldName(x)).ToArray();
-            return sql.OrderBy(columns.Select(x => x + " DESC"));
+            return sql.OrderByDescending(columns);
         }
 
         /// <summary>