diff --git a/models/user.go b/models/user.go
index 45bd4445ee0d..32e7dda2cb3d 100644
--- a/models/user.go
+++ b/models/user.go
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ func SearchUsers(opts *SearchUserOptions) (users []*User, _ int64, _ error) {
 		opts.Page = 1
 	}
 	if len(opts.OrderBy) == 0 {
-		opts.OrderBy = "name ASC"
+		opts.OrderBy = SearchOrderByAlphabetically
 	}
 
 	users = make([]*User, 0, opts.PageSize)