diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/cycle.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/cycle.py
index 9ab961de7..d3dec7588 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/cycle.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/cycle.py
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ class CycleIssueViewSet(BaseViewSet):
 
     def list(self, request, slug, project_id, cycle_id):
         try:
-            order_by = request.GET.get("order_by", "issue__created_at")
-            queryset = self.get_queryset().order_by(order_by)
+            order_by = request.GET.get("order_by", "created_at")
+            queryset = self.get_queryset().order_by(f"issue__{order_by}")
             group_by = request.GET.get("group_by", False)
 
             cycle_issues = CycleIssueSerializer(queryset, many=True).data
diff --git a/apiserver/plane/api/views/module.py b/apiserver/plane/api/views/module.py
index 48b8d0f19..2e5239768 100644
--- a/apiserver/plane/api/views/module.py
+++ b/apiserver/plane/api/views/module.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class ModuleIssueViewSet(BaseViewSet):
     def list(self, request, slug, project_id, module_id):
         try:
             order_by = request.GET.get("order_by", "issue__created_at")
-            queryset = self.get_queryset().order_by(order_by)
+            queryset = self.get_queryset().order_by(f"issue__{order_by}")
             group_by = request.GET.get("group_by", False)
 
             module_issues = ModuleIssueSerializer(queryset, many=True).data