diff --git a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs
index a23c46039e..53a62e7de0 100644
--- a/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs
+++ b/src/Radarr.Api.V3/Queue/QueueController.cs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public PagingResource<QueueResource> GetQueue(bool includeUnknownMovieItems = fa
                 case "status":
                     return q => q.Status;
                 case "movies.sortTitle":
-                    return q => q.Movie?.MovieMetadata.Value.SortTitle ?? string.Empty;
+                    return q => q.Movie?.MovieMetadata.Value.SortTitle ?? q.Title;
                 case "title":
                     return q => q.Title;
                 case "languages":