diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/query/PagedResultList.java b/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/query/PagedResultList.java
index 95b49d0d..0501176c 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/query/PagedResultList.java
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5/src/main/groovy/org/grails/orm/hibernate/query/PagedResultList.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public int getTotalCount() {
         if (totalCount == Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
             totalCount = hibernateTemplate.execute(new GrailsHibernateTemplate.HibernateCallback<Integer>() {
                 public Integer doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
-                    final CriteriaQuery finalQuery = criteriaQuery.select(criteriaBuilder.count(queryRoot)).distinct(true);
+                    final CriteriaQuery finalQuery = criteriaQuery.select(criteriaBuilder.count(queryRoot)).distinct(true).orderBy();
                     final Query query = session.createQuery(finalQuery);
                     hibernateTemplate.applySettings(query);
                     return ((Number)query.uniqueResult()).intValue();