diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java
index 5a91d4fc07..70972281f4 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005Dialect.java
@@ -194,6 +194,6 @@ public class SQLServer2005Dialect extends SQLServerDialect {
 		int selectEndIndex = sql.indexOf( FROM );
 
 		// Insert after the select statement the row_number() function:
-		sql.insert( selectEndIndex, ", ROW_NUMBER() OVER (" + orderby + ") as __hibernate_row_nr__ " );
+		sql.insert( selectEndIndex - 1, ", ROW_NUMBER() OVER (" + orderby + ") as __hibernate_row_nr__" );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005DialectTestCase.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005DialectTestCase.java
index 816a4d099e..9f9dbe98c5 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005DialectTestCase.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2005DialectTestCase.java
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ public class SQLServer2005DialectTestCase extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		String input = "select distinct f1 as f53245 from table849752 order by f234, f67 desc";
 
 		Dialect sqlDialect = new SQLServer2005Dialect();
-		assertEquals( "with query as (select row_number() over (order by f234, f67 desc) as __hibernate_row_nr__, f1 as f53245 from table849752  group by f1) select * from query where __hibernate_row_nr__ >= ? and __hibernate_row_nr__ < ?", sqlDialect.getLimitString(input, 10, 15).toLowerCase() );
+		assertEquals( "with query as (select f1 as f53245, row_number() over (order by f234, f67 desc) as __hibernate_row_nr__ from table849752  group by f1) select * from query where __hibernate_row_nr__ >= ? and __hibernate_row_nr__ < ?", sqlDialect.getLimitString(input, 10, 15).toLowerCase() );
 	}
 }