Index: kernel/db/db_tag_processor.php
===================================================================
--- kernel/db/db_tag_processor.php	(revision 14027)
+++ kernel/db/db_tag_processor.php	(working copy)
@@ -1540,7 +1540,6 @@
 	{
 		$user_sorting_start = $this->getUserSortIndex() + --$params['pos'];
 		$list =& $this->GetList($params);
-//		$object =& $this->Application->recallObject( $this->getPrefixSpecial() );
 
 		if($params['type'] == 'field') return $list->GetOrderField($user_sorting_start);
 		if($params['type'] == 'direction') return $list->GetOrderDirection($user_sorting_start);
Index: kernel/db/dblist.php
===================================================================
--- kernel/db/dblist.php	(revision 13994)
+++ kernel/db/dblist.php	(working copy)
@@ -777,7 +777,19 @@
 			$pos = 0;
 		}
 
-		return isset($this->OrderFields[$pos][0]) ? $this->OrderFields[$pos][0] : '';
+		if ( isset($this->OrderFields[$pos][0]) ) {
+			$field = $this->OrderFields[$pos][0];
+			$lang = $this->Application->GetVar('m_lang');
+
+			if ( preg_match('/^IF\(COALESCE\(.*?\.(l' . $lang . '_.*?), ""\),/', $field, $regs) ) {
+				// undo result of kDBList::getMLSortField method
+				return $regs[1];
+			}
+
+			return $field;
+		}
+
+		return '';
 	}
 
 	function GetOrderDirection($pos = NULL, $no_default = false)