diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php
index 23f27e65d0..260b07fdf9 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends \phpbb\search\base
 				$alter[] = 'MODIFY post_text mediumtext NOT NULL';
 			}
 
-			$alter[] = 'ADD FULLTEXT post_content (post_subject, post_text)';
+			$alter[] = 'ADD FULLTEXT post_content (post_text, post_subject)';
 		}
 
 		if (sizeof($alter))