diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
index d5658b9f9a..32665910ad 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
 
         [Obsolete("Use the overload with 'long' parameter types instead")]
         [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
-        public IEnumerable<IContent> GetPagedDescendants(int id, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalChildren, string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
+        public IEnumerable<IContent> GetPagedDescendants(int id, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalChildren, string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
         {
             long total;
             var result = GetPagedDescendants(id, Convert.ToInt64(pageIndex), pageSize, out total, orderBy, orderDirection, true, filter);
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <param name="orderDirection">Direction to order by</param>
         /// <param name="filter">Search text filter</param>
         /// <returns>An Enumerable list of <see cref="IContent"/> objects</returns> 
-        public IEnumerable<IContent> GetPagedDescendants(int id, long pageIndex, int pageSize, out long totalChildren, string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
+        public IEnumerable<IContent> GetPagedDescendants(int id, long pageIndex, int pageSize, out long totalChildren, string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
         {
             return GetPagedDescendants(id, pageIndex, pageSize, out totalChildren, orderBy, orderDirection, true, filter);
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IContentService.cs
index 6d73546571..ff515169d9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IContentService.cs
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         [Obsolete("Use the overload with 'long' parameter types instead")]
         [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
         IEnumerable<IContent> GetPagedDescendants(int id, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords,
-            string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
+            string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a collection of <see cref="IContent"/> objects by Parent Id
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <param name="filter">Search text filter</param>
         /// <returns>An Enumerable list of <see cref="IContent"/> objects</returns>
         IEnumerable<IContent> GetPagedDescendants(int id, long pageIndex, int pageSize, out long totalRecords,
-            string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
+            string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a collection of <see cref="IContent"/> objects by Parent Id
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMediaService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMediaService.cs
index a02ac43b93..d4218764b7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMediaService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/IMediaService.cs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         [Obsolete("Use the overload with 'long' parameter types instead")]
         [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
         IEnumerable<IMedia> GetPagedDescendants(int id, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords,
-            string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
+            string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a collection of <see cref="IMedia"/> objects by Parent Id
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <param name="filter">Search text filter</param>
         /// <returns>An Enumerable list of <see cref="IContent"/> objects</returns>
         IEnumerable<IMedia> GetPagedDescendants(int id, long pageIndex, int pageSize, out long totalRecords,
-            string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
+            string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "");
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a collection of <see cref="IMedia"/> objects by Parent Id
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs
index f4e963c658..a67ee8285d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/MediaService.cs
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
 
         [Obsolete("Use the overload with 'long' parameter types instead")]
         [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
-        public IEnumerable<IMedia> GetPagedDescendants(int id, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalChildren, string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
+        public IEnumerable<IMedia> GetPagedDescendants(int id, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalChildren, string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
         {
             long total;
             var result = GetPagedDescendants(id, Convert.ToInt64(pageIndex), pageSize, out total, orderBy, orderDirection, true, filter);
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <param name="orderDirection">Direction to order by</param>
         /// <param name="filter">Search text filter</param>
         /// <returns>An Enumerable list of <see cref="IContent"/> objects</returns>
-        public IEnumerable<IMedia> GetPagedDescendants(int id, long pageIndex, int pageSize, out long totalChildren, string orderBy = "umbracoNode.id", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
+        public IEnumerable<IMedia> GetPagedDescendants(int id, long pageIndex, int pageSize, out long totalChildren, string orderBy = "path", Direction orderDirection = Direction.Ascending, string filter = "")
         {
             return GetPagedDescendants(id, pageIndex, pageSize, out totalChildren, orderBy, orderDirection, true, filter);
         }
diff --git a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs
index f7e4c45f50..e7df641122 100644
--- a/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/UmbracoExamine/UmbracoContentIndexer.cs
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ namespace UmbracoExamine
                                 IContent[] descendants;
                                 if (SupportUnpublishedContent)
                                 {
-                                    descendants = _contentService.GetPagedDescendants(contentParentId, pageIndex, pageSize, out total).ToArray();
+                                    descendants = _contentService.GetPagedDescendants(contentParentId, pageIndex, pageSize, out total, "umbracoNode.id").ToArray();
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {