diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/circulation.pref b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/circulation.pref
index 99cbc6ed71..e37c122421 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/circulation.pref
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/circulation.pref
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Circulation:
               choices:
                   asc: earliest to latest
                   desc: latest to earliest
-            - due date.
+            - checkout time.
         -
             - pref: SpecifyDueDate
               choices:
diff --git a/svc/checkouts b/svc/checkouts
index b3f026ddcb..a1b2815573 100755
--- a/svc/checkouts
+++ b/svc/checkouts
@@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ while ( my $c = $sth->fetchrow_hashref() ) {
 
 @checkouts_today = sort { $a->{timestamp} cmp $b->{timestamp} } @checkouts_today;    # latest to earliest
 @checkouts_today = reverse(@checkouts_today)
-  unless ( C4::Context->preference('todaysIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );      # earliest to latest
+  if ( C4::Context->preference('todaysIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );      # earliest to latest
 
 @checkouts_previous =
   sort { $a->{date_due} cmp $b->{date_due} || $a->{timestamp} cmp $b->{timestamp} }
   @checkouts_previous;                                                               # latest to earliest
 @checkouts_previous = reverse(@checkouts_previous)
-  unless ( C4::Context->preference('previousIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );    # earliest to latest
+  if ( C4::Context->preference('previousIssuesDefaultSortOrder') eq 'desc' );    # earliest to latest
 
 my @checkouts = ( @checkouts_today, @checkouts_previous );