diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
index a7ece5df6..883978983 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/User.pm
@@ -1075,7 +1075,8 @@ sub new {
 
         # Fill in dataDefault
         my $default = $session->db->buildHashRef(
-            "SELECT fieldName, dataDefault FROM userProfileField"
+            "SELECT fieldName, dataDefault FROM userProfileField", [],
+            { noOrder => 1 },
         );
         for my $key (keys %profile) {
             if (!defined $profile{$key} || $profile{$key} eq '') {