diff --git a/ckan/lib/helpers.py b/ckan/lib/helpers.py
index ac41b481761..7e2bd65f233 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/helpers.py
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ def pager_url(page, partial=None, **kwargs):
     if routes_dict.get('id'):
         kwargs['id'] = routes_dict['id']
     kwargs['page'] = page
-    return url(**kwargs)
+    return url_for(**kwargs)
 
 
 class Page(paginate.Page):
diff --git a/ckan/tests/legacy/functional/test_pagination.py b/ckan/tests/legacy/functional/test_pagination.py
index 59726aed2d7..6958ad56251 100644
--- a/ckan/tests/legacy/functional/test_pagination.py
+++ b/ckan/tests/legacy/functional/test_pagination.py
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ def teardown_class(self):
 
     def test_group_index(self):
         res = self.app.get(url_for(controller='group', action='index'))
-        assert 'href="/group?sort=&q=&page=2"' in res, res
+        assert 'href="/group?q=&sort=&page=2"' in res, res
         grp_numbers = scrape_search_results(res, 'group')
         assert_equal(['00', '01', '02', '03', '04', '05', '06', '07', '08', '09', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17', '18', '19', '20'], grp_numbers)
 
         res = self.app.get(url_for(controller='group', action='index', page=2))
-        assert 'href="/group?sort=&q=&page=1"' in res
+        assert 'href="/group?q=&sort=&page=1"' in res
         grp_numbers = scrape_search_results(res, 'group')
         assert_equal(['21'], grp_numbers)