diff --git a/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/AlarmQueryEsDAO.java b/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/AlarmQueryEsDAO.java
index 3c0a3041710a6ec8e4ca32449e04a34e7dd1ef39..4a3f525e06c9dc227830e0f1a59f49cee6f59a4d 100644
--- a/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/AlarmQueryEsDAO.java
+++ b/oap-server/server-storage-plugin/storage-elasticsearch-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/oap/server/storage/plugin/elasticsearch/query/AlarmQueryEsDAO.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.*;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 
 /**
  * @author peng-yongsheng
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public class AlarmQueryEsDAO extends EsDAO implements IAlarmQueryDAO {
             boolQueryBuilder.must().add(QueryBuilders.matchPhraseQuery(matchCName, keyword));
         }
 
-        sourceBuilder.query(boolQueryBuilder);
+        sourceBuilder.query(boolQueryBuilder).sort(AlarmRecord.START_TIME, SortOrder.DESC);
         sourceBuilder.size(limit);
         sourceBuilder.from(from);