diff --git a/core/app/models/spree/product/scopes.rb b/core/app/models/spree/product/scopes.rb
index 6daa94c35b3..bcaeac5824a 100644
--- a/core/app/models/spree/product/scopes.rb
+++ b/core/app/models/spree/product/scopes.rb
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def self.property_conditions(property)
           # order: 'COALESCE(cnt, 0) DESC'
           add_search_scope :descend_by_popularity do
             joins(:master).
-              order(%{
+              order(Arel.sql(%{
            COALESCE((
              SELECT
                COUNT(#{Spree::LineItem.quoted_table_name}.id)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def self.property_conditions(property)
              WHERE
                popular_variants.product_id = #{Spree::Product.quoted_table_name}.id
            ), 0) DESC
-        })
+        }))
           end
 
           add_search_scope :not_deleted do
diff --git a/core/spec/models/spree/product/scopes_spec.rb b/core/spec/models/spree/product/scopes_spec.rb
index e5699e320ec..85716e9e532 100644
--- a/core/spec/models/spree/product/scopes_spec.rb
+++ b/core/spec/models/spree/product/scopes_spec.rb
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context "descend_by_popularity" do
+    let!(:variant_1) { create(:master_variant) }
+    let!(:variant_2) { create(:master_variant) }
+
+    let!(:line_item_1) { create(:line_item, variant: variant_1, quantity: 3) }
+    let!(:line_item_2) { create(:line_item, variant: variant_2, quantity: 2) }
+    it "orders products by popularity" do
+      expect(Spree::Product.descend_by_popularity.map(&:id)).to eq([variant_1.product.id, variant_2.product.id, product.id])
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '.available' do
     context "a product with past available_on" do
       let!(:product) { create(:product, available_on: 1.day.ago) }