diff --git a/circ/pendingreserves.pl b/circ/pendingreserves.pl
index 3f2f39b83d..a438557ed1 100755
--- a/circ/pendingreserves.pl
+++ b/circ/pendingreserves.pl
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ my $holds_biblios_map = {
             {
                 join    => ['itembib', 'biblio'],
                 select  => ['me.biblionumber', 'me.reserve_id'],
+                order_by => { -desc => 'priority' }
             }
         )->unblessed
     }