diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 46fe39d6c..2605ab12d 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -920,10 +920,10 @@ static const unsigned opt_flags[] = {
 # endif
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES
-	SORT_ORDER_REVERSE,       	/* r */
 	SORT_SIZE,               	/* S */
+	SORT_EXT,                	/* X */
+	SORT_ORDER_REVERSE,       	/* r */
 	SORT_VERSION,             	/* v */
-	SORT_EXT,                	/* v */
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES
 	LIST_FILETYPE | LIST_EXEC,	/* F */
@@ -1110,7 +1110,6 @@ extern int ls_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		cur = cur->next;
 	}
 
-
 	if (all_fmt & DISP_NOLIST) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_LS_SORTFILES
 		shellsort(dnp, nfiles);