diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp
index 25d691608..f251b7376 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/PerformanceCounterViewer.cpp
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ void PerformanceCounterViewer::CaptureCounters()
       ui->counterResults->setHorizontalHeaderLabels(headers);
       ui->counterResults->setRowCount(eventIdToRow.size());
 
+      ui->counterResults->setSortingEnabled(false);
+
       for(int i = 0; i < (int)results.size(); ++i)
       {
         int row = eventIdToRow[results[i].eventId];
@@ -252,6 +254,8 @@ void PerformanceCounterViewer::CaptureCounters()
         ui->counterResults->item(row, 0)->setData(Qt::UserRole, results[i].eventId);
       }
 
+      ui->counterResults->setSortingEnabled(true);
+
       ui->counterResults->resizeColumnsToContents();
     });