diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts
index fb6c0a1869207..c5ce464354257 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditor.ts
@@ -501,10 +501,11 @@ export class SearchEditor extends BaseTextEditor {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		const sortOrder = this.configurationService.getValue<ISearchConfigurationProperties>('search').sortOrder;
 		const controller = ReferencesController.get(this.searchResultEditor);
 		controller.closeWidget(false);
 		const labelFormatter = (uri: URI): string => this.labelService.getUriLabel(uri, { relative: true });
-		const results = serializeSearchResultForEditor(this.searchModel.searchResult, config.includes, config.excludes, config.contextLines, labelFormatter);
+		const results = serializeSearchResultForEditor(this.searchModel.searchResult, config.includes, config.excludes, config.contextLines, labelFormatter, sortOrder);
 		const { body } = await input.getModels();
 		this.modelService.updateModel(body, results.text);
 		input.config = config;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorActions.ts
index 5103430168601..0863b0b1c7151 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorActions.ts
@@ -175,13 +175,14 @@ export const createEditorFromSearchResult =
 		const instantiationService = accessor.get(IInstantiationService);
 		const labelService = accessor.get(ILabelService);
 		const configurationService = accessor.get(IConfigurationService);
+		const sortOrder = configurationService.getValue<ISearchConfigurationProperties>('search').sortOrder;
 
 
 		telemetryService.publicLog2('searchEditor/createEditorFromSearchResult');
 
 		const labelFormatter = (uri: URI): string => labelService.getUriLabel(uri, { relative: true });
 
-		const { text, matchRanges, config } = serializeSearchResultForEditor(searchResult, rawIncludePattern, rawExcludePattern, 0, labelFormatter);
+		const { text, matchRanges, config } = serializeSearchResultForEditor(searchResult, rawIncludePattern, rawExcludePattern, 0, labelFormatter, sortOrder);
 		const contextLines = configurationService.getValue<ISearchConfigurationProperties>('search').searchEditor.defaultNumberOfContextLines;
 
 		if (searchResult.isDirty || contextLines === 0 || contextLines === null) {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorSerialization.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorSerialization.ts
index eccc82f3e8442..a79663c60548b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorSerialization.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorSerialization.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import { ServicesAccessor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorExtensions';
 import { Range } from 'vs/editor/common/core/range';
 import type { ITextModel } from 'vs/editor/common/model';
 import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
-import { FileMatch, Match, searchMatchComparer, SearchResult } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/search/common/searchModel';
+import { FileMatch, Match, searchMatchComparer, SearchResult, FolderMatch } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/search/common/searchModel';
 import type { SearchConfiguration } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/searchEditor/browser/searchEditorInput';
-import { ITextQuery } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/search';
+import { ITextQuery, SearchSortOrder } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/common/search';
 import { ITextFileService } from 'vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles';
 
 // Using \r\n on Windows inserts an extra newline between results.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export const extractSearchQueryFromLines = (lines: string[]): SearchConfiguratio
 };
 
 export const serializeSearchResultForEditor =
-	(searchResult: SearchResult, rawIncludePattern: string, rawExcludePattern: string, contextLines: number, labelFormatter: (x: URI) => string): { matchRanges: Range[], text: string, config: Partial<SearchConfiguration> } => {
+	(searchResult: SearchResult, rawIncludePattern: string, rawExcludePattern: string, contextLines: number, labelFormatter: (x: URI) => string, sortOrder: SearchSortOrder): { matchRanges: Range[], text: string, config: Partial<SearchConfiguration> } => {
 		if (!searchResult.query) { throw Error('Internal Error: Expected query, got null'); }
 		const config = contentPatternToSearchConfiguration(searchResult.query, rawIncludePattern, rawExcludePattern, contextLines);
 
@@ -221,11 +221,13 @@ export const serializeSearchResultForEditor =
 				: localize('noResults', "No Results"),
 			''];
 
+		const matchComparer = (a: FileMatch | FolderMatch, b: FileMatch | FolderMatch) => searchMatchComparer(a, b, sortOrder);
+
 		const allResults =
 			flattenSearchResultSerializations(
 				flatten(
-					searchResult.folderMatches().sort(searchMatchComparer)
-						.map(folderMatch => folderMatch.matches().sort(searchMatchComparer)
+					searchResult.folderMatches().sort(matchComparer)
+						.map(folderMatch => folderMatch.matches().sort(matchComparer)
 							.map(fileMatch => fileMatchToSearchResultFormat(fileMatch, labelFormatter)))));
 
 		return {