diff --git a/magnolia-ui-contentapp/src/main/java/info/magnolia/ui/contentapp/movedialog/action/MoveNodeAction.java b/magnolia-ui-contentapp/src/main/java/info/magnolia/ui/contentapp/movedialog/action/MoveNodeAction.java
index 1933ad5..d53d93d 100644
--- a/magnolia-ui-contentapp/src/main/java/info/magnolia/ui/contentapp/movedialog/action/MoveNodeAction.java
+++ b/magnolia-ui-contentapp/src/main/java/info/magnolia/ui/contentapp/movedialog/action/MoveNodeAction.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 import info.magnolia.ui.workbench.tree.MoveHandler;
 import info.magnolia.ui.workbench.tree.MoveLocation;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.inject.Named;
@@ -127,4 +129,17 @@
         return getDefinition().getFailureMessage();
     }
 
+    // Needs to be overridden for reverting the order for the MoveLocation.AFTER operation.
+    @Override
+    protected List<JcrItemAdapter> getSortedItems(Comparator<JcrItemAdapter> comparator) {
+        List<JcrItemAdapter> sortedItems = super.getSortedItems(comparator);
+        // As in the method executeOnItem(JcrItemAdapter item) for each item singly the info.magnolia.jcr.util.NodeUtil.moveNodeAfter(Node, Node) is called for placing it after the target item, this reverts the order of the items implicit.
+        // The first item (1) is movedAfter the target, then the next item (2) is moved after the target -> the resulting order is target/[2, 1] and not the correct order of target/[1, 2]
+        // Therefore the items order must be reverted before executing the moveAfter logic on every item in the list.
+        if (getDefinition().getMoveLocation() == MoveLocation.AFTER) {
+            Collections.reverse(sortedItems);
+        }
+        return sortedItems;
+    }
+
 }