diff --git a/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb b/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb
index 9ce3b63..4bc792b 100644
--- a/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Repository::Mercurial < Repository
   # Returns the latest changesets for +path+; sorted by revision number
   def latest_changesets(path, rev, limit=10)
     if path.blank?
-      changesets.find(:all, :include => :user, :limit => limit)
+      changesets.find(:all, :include => :user, :limit => limit, :order => "id DESC")
     else
       changes.find(:all, :include => {:changeset => :user},
                          :conditions => ["path = ?", path.with_leading_slash],
diff --git a/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb b/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
index 0938c82..f1ce319 100644
--- a/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class RepositoryMercurialTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
       # with_limit
       changesets = @repository.latest_changesets('', nil, 2)
-      assert_equal @repository.latest_changesets('', nil)[0, 2], changesets
+      # assert_equal @repository.latest_changesets('', nil)[0, 2], changesets
+      assert_equal %w|16 15|, changesets.collect(&:revision)
 
       # with_filepath
       changesets = @repository.latest_changesets('/sql_escape/percent%dir/percent%file1.txt', nil)