diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index 382bae0d4a7..e134f5fe67a 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ registry.many2one = SnippetOption.extend({
             method: 'search_read',
             args: [domain, this.Model === 'res.partner' ? ['name', 'display_name', 'city', 'country_id'] : ['name', 'display_name']],
             kwargs: {
-                order: 'name DESC',
+                order: [{name: 'name', asc: false}],
                 limit: 5,
                 context: weContext.get(),
             },