diff --git a/lib/search.rb b/lib/search.rb
index 61ccf79d91d..04f7315098d 100644
--- a/lib/search.rb
+++ b/lib/search.rb
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class Search
     term.gsub!(/[\u201c\u201d]/, '"')
 
     @clean_term = term
+    @in_title = false
 
     term = process_advanced_search!(term)
 
@@ -551,8 +552,6 @@ class Search
         end
       end
 
-      @in_title = false
-
       if word == 'order:latest' || word == 'l'
         @order = :latest
         nil
diff --git a/spec/components/search_spec.rb b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
index ce6088a0a99..70b9ea8ab2d 100644
--- a/spec/components/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
@@ -1053,6 +1053,19 @@ describe Search do
       results = Search.execute('first in:title')
       expect(results.posts.length).to eq(0)
     end
+
+    it 'works irrespective of the order' do
+      topic = Fabricate(:topic, title: "A topic about Discourse")
+      Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, raw: "This is another post")
+      topic2 = Fabricate(:topic, title: "This is another topic")
+      Fabricate(:post, topic: topic2, raw: "Discourse is awesome")
+
+      results = Search.execute('Discourse in:title status:open')
+      expect(results.posts.length).to eq(1)
+
+      results = Search.execute('in:title status:open Discourse')
+      expect(results.posts.length).to eq(1)
+    end
   end
 
   context 'ignore_diacritics' do