diff --git a/lib/mongo/cursor.rb b/lib/mongo/cursor.rb
index c3d99a5..68c06fc 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/cursor.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/cursor.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module Mongo
     # {:name => -1, :age => 1} (name descending, age asending)
     def sort(order_hash = {})
       raise InvalidOperation, "can't call Cursor#sort on a used cursor" if @query_run
-      @query.order_by = order_hash
+      @query.order_by = OrderedHash[order_hash]
       self
     end
 
diff --git a/test/test_cursor.rb b/test/test_cursor.rb
index 0744715..049e224 100644
--- a/test/test_cursor.rb
+++ b/test/test_cursor.rb
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ class CursorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 0, @@coll.find().sort({:a => 1}).next_object["a"]
     assert_equal 4, @@coll.find().sort({:a => -1}).next_object["a"]
     
-    assert_equal 1, @@coll.find().sort({:a => 1, :b => 1}).next_object["b"]
+    assert_equal 1, @@coll.find().sort({:a => -1, :b => 1}).next_object["b"]
     assert_equal 5, @@coll.find().sort({:a => 1, :b => -1}).next_object["b"]
     
     assert_equal 4, @@coll.find().sort({:a => 1}).sort({:a => -1}).next_object["a"]
-    assert_equal 4, @@coll.find().sort({:a => 1}).sort({:a => -1}).next_object["a"]
+    assert_equal 0, @@coll.find().sort({:a => -1}).sort({:a => 1}).next_object["a"]
     
   end