diff --git a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
index 086f83fff5..4da1308e19 100644
--- a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
+++ b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 				// we filter for the combined status of unseen and undeleted, as this is what we show in list
 				try
 				{
-					$sortResult = $this->getSortedList($_folderName, $_sort=0, 1, array('status'=>array('UNSEEN','UNDELETED')),true,false);
+					$sortResult = $this->getSortedList($_folderName, $_sort=0, $_reverse=1, array('status'=>array('UNSEEN','UNDELETED')),true,false);
 					$retValue['unseen'] = $sortResult['count'];
 				}
 				catch (Exception $ee)