diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 0959a782ec..092e707ee1 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -3779,7 +3779,8 @@ sub git_get_heads_list {
 	my @headslist;
 
 	open my $fd, '-|', git_cmd(), 'for-each-ref',
-		($limit ? '--count='.($limit+1) : ()), '--sort=-committerdate',
+		($limit ? '--count='.($limit+1) : ()),
+		'--sort=-HEAD', '--sort=-committerdate',
 		'--format=%(objectname) %(refname) %(subject)%00%(committer)',
 		@patterns
 		or return;