diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5230c40a2..67b29862d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CHANGELOG Roundcube Webmail
 ===========================
 
+- Fix messages list sorting with THREAD=REFS
 - Fix Close link and remove About link on error pages (#1489109)
 - Remove deprecated (in PHP 5.5) PREG /e modifier usage (#1489174)
 - Fix empty messages list when register_globals is enabled (#1489157)
diff --git a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_imap.php b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_imap.php
index 491101d0c..6b30a5c7b 100644
--- a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_imap.php
+++ b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_imap.php
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ class rcube_imap extends rcube_storage
         // THREAD=REFERENCES:     sorting by sent date of root message
         // THREAD=REFS:           sorting by the most recent date in each thread
 
-        if ($this->get_capability('THREAD') != 'REFS') {
+        if ($this->threading != 'REFS') {
             $sortby = $this->sort_field ? $this->sort_field : 'date';
             $index  = $this->index($this->folder, $sortby, $this->sort_order, true, true);