diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller/tags.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller/tags.rb
index 08112e969a0..96edddbb97d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller/tags.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller/tags.rb
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def tag_edit_build_screen
     end
 
     # Set to first category, if not already set
-    @edit[:cat] ||= cats.min_by(&:description)
+    @edit[:cat] ||= cats.min_by(&:name)
 
     unless @object_ids.blank?
       @tagitems = @tagging.constantize.where(:id => @object_ids).sort_by { |t| t.name.try(:downcase).to_s }