diff --git a/src/gui/torrentcontentfiltermodel.cpp b/src/gui/torrentcontentfiltermodel.cpp
index d774168d2..9659129ca 100644
--- a/src/gui/torrentcontentfiltermodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/torrentcontentfiltermodel.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ TorrentContentFilterModel::TorrentContentFilterModel(QObject *parent)
     setFilterRole(TorrentContentModel::UnderlyingDataRole);
     setDynamicSortFilter(true);
     setSortCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    setSortRole(TorrentContentModel::UnderlyingDataRole);
 }
 
 TorrentContentModel *TorrentContentFilterModel::model() const
diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistsortmodel.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistsortmodel.cpp
index 9c72ce40e..4177eb325 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistsortmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistsortmodel.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 TransferListSortModel::TransferListSortModel(QObject *parent)
     : QSortFilterProxyModel {parent}
 {
+    setSortRole(TransferListModel::UnderlyingDataRole);
     QMetaType::registerComparators<BitTorrent::TorrentState>();
 }