diff --git a/src/nautilus-view-icon-controller.c b/src/nautilus-view-icon-controller.c
index 765e1d6ccf2a839ef883cca98dc0f658a7947126..f0e3d96ac5f6cc61de5cf92a015cf99284b68d9e 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-view-icon-controller.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-view-icon-controller.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static const SortConstants sorts_constants[] =
     },
     {
         NAUTILUS_FILE_SORT_BY_SEARCH_RELEVANCE,
-        NULL,
+        "search_relevance",
         "search-relevance",
         TRUE,
     }