diff --git a/adminer/select.inc.php b/adminer/select.inc.php
index c429c34d..9a0a781f 100644
--- a/adminer/select.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/select.inc.php
@@ -273,11 +273,14 @@ if (!$columns) {
 					if ($name != "") {
 						$rank++;
 						$names[$key] = $name;
+						$column = idf_escape($key);
 						$href = remove_from_uri('(order|desc)[^=]*|page') . '&order%5B0%5D=' . urlencode($key);
+						$desc = "&desc%5B0%5D=1";
 						echo '<th onmouseover="columnMouse(this);" onmouseout="columnMouse(this, \' hidden\');">';
-						echo '<a href="' . h($href) . '">' . (!$select || $val ? apply_sql_function($val["fun"], $name) : h(current($select))) . "</a>"; //! columns looking like functions
+						echo '<a href="' . h($href . ($order[0] == $column || $order[0] == $key || (!$order && count($group) < count($select) && $group[0] == $column) ? $desc : '')) . '">'; // $order[0] == $key - COUNT(*)
+						echo (!$select || $val ? apply_sql_function($val["fun"], $name) : h(current($select))) . "</a>"; //! columns looking like functions
 						echo "<span class='column hidden'>";
-						echo "<a href='" . h("$href&desc%5B0%5D=1") . "' title='" . lang('descending') . "' class='text'> ↓</a>";
+						echo "<a href='" . h($href . $desc) . "' title='" . lang('descending') . "' class='text'> ↓</a>";
 						if (!$val["fun"]) {
 							echo '<a href="#fieldset-search" onclick="selectSearch(\'' . h(js_escape($key)) . '\'); return false;" title="' . lang('Search') . '" class="text jsonly"> =</a>';
 						}