diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
index ec2e4d4dcdfa3c6760de541ae7c7b288fb335d98..d17861f407fb0d30b2d0017c3b7414773bbedaa2 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def reverse_sql_order(order_query)
 
       order_query.map do |o|
         case o
-        when Arel::Nodes::Ascending, Arel::Nodes::Descending
+        when Arel::Nodes::Ordering
           o.reverse
         when String, Symbol
           o.to_s.split(',').collect do |s|