diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
index 45ffb488d..c4d34acc6 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
@@ -302,9 +302,7 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
 		$isSorted = ($sortKey === $key || $sortKey === $this->defaultModel() . '.' . $key);
 
 		if ($isSorted) {
-			if ($this->sortDir($options['model']) === 'asc') {
-				$dir = 'desc';
-			}
+			$dir = $this->sortDir($options['model']) === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
 			$class = $dir === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
 			if (!empty($options['class'])) {
 				$options['class'] .= $class;
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/paginator.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/paginator.test.php
index 1749f9379..e41f65530 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/paginator.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/paginator.test.php
@@ -195,6 +195,29 @@ class PaginatorHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['sort'] = null;
 		$result = $this->Paginator->sort('title');
 		$this->assertPattern('/\/accounts\/index\/param\/page:1\/sort:title\/direction:desc" class="asc">Title<\/a>$/', $result);
+		
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['order'] = array('Article.title' => 'desc');
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['sort'] = null;
+		$result = $this->Paginator->sort('Title', 'title', array('direction' => 'desc'));
+		$this->assertPattern('/\/accounts\/index\/param\/page:1\/sort:title\/direction:asc" class="desc">Title<\/a>$/', $result);
+
+
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['order'] = array('Article.title' => 'desc');
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['sort'] = null;
+		$result = $this->Paginator->sort('Title', 'title', array('direction' => 'asc'));
+		$this->assertPattern('/\/accounts\/index\/param\/page:1\/sort:title\/direction:asc" class="desc">Title<\/a>$/', $result);
+
+
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['order'] = array('Article.title' => 'asc');
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['sort'] = null;
+		$result = $this->Paginator->sort('Title', 'title', array('direction' => 'asc'));
+		$this->assertPattern('/\/accounts\/index\/param\/page:1\/sort:title\/direction:desc" class="asc">Title<\/a>$/', $result);
+
+
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['order'] = array('Article.title' => 'asc');
+		$this->Paginator->params['paging']['Article']['options']['sort'] = null;
+		$result = $this->Paginator->sort('Title', 'title', array('direction' => 'desc'));
+		$this->assertPattern('/\/accounts\/index\/param\/page:1\/sort:title\/direction:desc" class="asc">Title<\/a>$/', $result);
 	}