diff --git a/app/models/account_summary.rb b/app/models/account_summary.rb
index 327c0ef305..7522a70193 100644
--- a/app/models/account_summary.rb
+++ b/app/models/account_summary.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ class AccountSummary < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :follow_recommendation_suppressions, primary_key: :account_id, foreign_key: :account_id, inverse_of: false, dependent: nil
 
   scope :safe, -> { where(sensitive: false) }
-  scope :localized, ->(locale) { order(Arel::Nodes::Case.new.when(arel_table[:language].eq(locale)).then(1).else(0).desc) }
+  scope :localized, ->(locale) { in_order_of(:language, [locale], filter: false) }
   scope :filtered, -> { where.missing(:follow_recommendation_suppressions) }
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/account_summary_spec.rb b/spec/models/account_summary_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cede8cda55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/account_summary_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe AccountSummary do
+  describe 'Scopes' do
+    describe '.localized' do
+      let(:first) { Fabricate :account }
+      let(:last) { Fabricate :account }
+
+      before do
+        Fabricate :status, account: first, language: 'en'
+        Fabricate :status, account: last, language: 'es'
+        described_class.refresh
+      end
+
+      it 'returns records in order of language' do
+        expect(described_class.localized('en'))
+          .to contain_exactly(
+            have_attributes(account_id: first.id, language: 'en'),
+            have_attributes(account_id: last.id, language: 'es')
+          )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end