diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index f8c3a01..bbe3081 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ function comment_permalink($cid) {
  *
  * @param integer $number
  *   (optional) The maximum number of comments to find. Defaults to 10.
+ *
  * @return
  *   An array of comment objects or an empty array if there are no recent
  *   comments visible to the current user.
@@ -508,8 +509,7 @@ function comment_get_recent($number = 10) {
     ->condition('ncs.comment_count', 0, '>')
     ->condition('c.status', COMMENT_PUBLISHED)
     ->condition('n.status', NODE_PUBLISHED)
-    ->orderBy('ncs.last_comment_timestamp', 'DESC')
-    ->orderBy('c.cid', 'DESC')
+    ->orderBy('c.created', 'DESC')
     ->range(0, $number)
     ->execute()
     ->fetchAll();