diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecd8e613a7..c85fd9904c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 - [#2167](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2167) - feat: document eth rpc api mimicking endpoints
 - [#2225](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2225) - fix metadata decoding in Solidity 0.5.9 smart contract verification
 - [#2204](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2204) - fix large contract verification
+- [#2248](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2248) - sort block after query execution for average block time
 
 ### Chore
 - [#2127](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/2127) - use previouse chromedriver version
diff --git a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/counters/average_block_time.ex b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/counters/average_block_time.ex
index 6db9caf8f6..450d6b8fb0 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/counters/average_block_time.ex
+++ b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/counters/average_block_time.ex
@@ -66,13 +66,14 @@ defmodule Explorer.Counters.AverageBlockTime do
       from(block in Block,
         limit: 100,
         offset: 0,
-        order_by: [desc: block.number, desc: block.timestamp],
+        order_by: [desc: block.number],
         select: {block.number, block.timestamp}
       )
 
     timestamps =
       timestamps_query
       |> Repo.all()
+      |> Enum.sort_by(fn {_, timestamp} -> timestamp end, &>=/2)
       |> Enum.map(fn {number, timestamp} ->
         {number, DateTime.to_unix(timestamp, :millisecond)}
       end)