diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.cs b/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.cs
index 970eaa3ba1..a4e3f75ec2 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Item/BaseItemRepository.cs
@@ -1216,13 +1216,7 @@ public sealed class BaseItemRepository
 
         if (hasSearch)
         {
-            List<(ItemSortBy, SortOrder)> prepend = new List<(ItemSortBy, SortOrder)>(4);
-            if (hasSearch)
-            {
-                prepend.Add((ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending));
-            }
-
-            orderBy = filter.OrderBy = [.. prepend, .. orderBy];
+            orderBy = filter.OrderBy = [(ItemSortBy.SortName, SortOrder.Ascending), .. orderBy];
         }
         else if (orderBy.Count == 0)
         {
diff --git a/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Controllers/LibraryStructureControllerTests.cs b/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Controllers/LibraryStructureControllerTests.cs
index e7166d4246..0f318f5a0c 100644
--- a/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Controllers/LibraryStructureControllerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Integration.Tests/Controllers/LibraryStructureControllerTests.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public sealed class LibraryStructureControllerTests : IClassFixture<JellyfinAppl
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    [Priority(-2)]
+    [Priority(0)]
     public async Task UpdateLibraryOptions_Valid_Success()
     {
         var client = _factory.CreateClient();