diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/models.py b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
index 3ea184a7f8..b2edef04cb 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/models.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/models.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Permission(models.Model):
         verbose_name = _('permission')
         verbose_name_plural = _('permissions')
         unique_together = (('content_type', 'codename'),)
-        ordering = ('content_type', 'codename')
+        ordering = ('content_type__app_label', 'codename')
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return u"%s | %s | %s" % (self.content_type.app_label, self.content_type, self.name)