diff --git a/salt/grafana/panels/cpu_usage_current_graph.json.jinja b/salt/grafana/panels/cpu_usage_current_graph.json.jinja
index ae3164fea..34a29172e 100644
--- a/salt/grafana/panels/cpu_usage_current_graph.json.jinja
+++ b/salt/grafana/panels/cpu_usage_current_graph.json.jinja
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     "max": true,
     "current": true,
     "sort": "current",
-    "sortDesc": false,
+    "sortDesc": true,
     "total": false,
     "avg": true,
     "alignAsTable": true,