diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/loadcoredialog.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/loadcoredialog.cpp
index 1b93b187f8b..92b16b367c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/loadcoredialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/loadcoredialog.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ SelectRemoteFileDialog::SelectRemoteFileDialog(QWidget *parent)
     m_fileSystemView = new QTreeView(this);
     m_fileSystemView->setModel(&m_model);
     m_fileSystemView->setSortingEnabled(true);
+    m_fileSystemView->sortByColumn(1, Qt::AscendingOrder);
     m_fileSystemView->setUniformRowHeights(true);
     m_fileSystemView->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
     m_fileSystemView->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);