diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/fields/sort-field.test.ts b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/fields/sort-field.test.ts
index 7ac3ac373..ecbd1d049 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/fields/sort-field.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/fields/sort-field.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@ describe('string field', () => {
     await db.close();
   });
 
+  it('should init with camelCase scope key', async () => {
+    const Test = db.collection({
+      name: 'tests',
+      fields: [
+        {
+          type: 'string',
+          name: 'name',
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'string',
+          name: 'scopeKey',
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    await db.sync();
+
+    await Test.repository.create({
+      values: {
+        name: 't1',
+        scopeKey: 'a',
+      },
+    });
+
+    Test.setField('scopeKeySort', { type: 'sort', scopeKey: 'scopeKey' });
+    await db.sync();
+  });
+
   it('should init sorted value with thousand records', async () => {
     const Test = db.collection({
       name: 'tests',
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/fields/sort-field.ts b/packages/core/database/src/fields/sort-field.ts
index 5fde38d3d..31ca31173 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/fields/sort-field.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/fields/sort-field.ts
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ export class SortField extends Field {
   initRecordsSortValue = async ({ transaction }) => {
     const orderField = (() => {
       const model = this.collection.model;
+
       if (model.primaryKeyAttribute) {
         return model.primaryKeyAttribute;
       }
+
       if (model.rawAttributes['createdAt']) {
         return model.rawAttributes['createdAt'].field;
       }
@@ -79,8 +81,19 @@ export class SortField extends Field {
     const doInit = async (scopeKey = null, scopeValue = null) => {
       const queryInterface = this.collection.db.sequelize.getQueryInterface();
 
+      if (scopeKey) {
+        const scopeField = this.collection.getField(scopeKey);
+        if (!scopeField) {
+          throw new Error(`can not find scope field ${scopeKey} for collection ${this.collection.name}`);
+        }
+
+        scopeKey = this.collection.model.rawAttributes[scopeKey].field;
+      }
+
       const quotedOrderField = queryInterface.quoteIdentifier(orderField);
 
+      const sortColumnName = this.collection.model.rawAttributes[this.name].field;
+
       const sql = `
         WITH ordered_table AS (
           SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (${
@@ -105,16 +118,16 @@ export class SortField extends Field {
           this.collection.db.inDialect('mysql')
             ? `
              UPDATE ${this.collection.quotedTableName()}, ordered_table
-             SET ${this.collection.quotedTableName()}.${this.name} = ordered_table.new_sequence_number
+             SET ${this.collection.quotedTableName()}.${sortColumnName} = ordered_table.new_sequence_number
              WHERE ${this.collection.quotedTableName()}.${quotedOrderField} = ordered_table.${quotedOrderField}
             `
             : `
           UPDATE ${this.collection.quotedTableName()}
-        SET ${queryInterface.quoteIdentifier(this.name)} = ordered_table.new_sequence_number
+        SET ${queryInterface.quoteIdentifier(sortColumnName)} = ordered_table.new_sequence_number
         FROM ordered_table
         WHERE ${this.collection.quotedTableName()}.${quotedOrderField} = ${queryInterface.quoteIdentifier(
-                'ordered_table',
-              )}.${quotedOrderField};
+          'ordered_table',
+        )}.${quotedOrderField};
         `
         }