diff --git a/code/forms/GridFieldSortableRows.php b/code/forms/GridFieldSortableRows.php
index 60cbb50..20634d2 100644
--- a/code/forms/GridFieldSortableRows.php
+++ b/code/forms/GridFieldSortableRows.php
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class GridFieldSortableRows implements GridField_HTMLProvider, GridField_ActionP
 		if (!$many_many) {
 			$sng=singleton($gridField->getModelClass());
 			$fieldType=$sng->db($this->sortColumn);
-			if(!$fieldType || !($fieldType=='Int' || is_subclass_of('Int', $fieldType))) {
+			if(!$fieldType || !(strtolower($fieldType) == 'int' || is_subclass_of('Int', $fieldType))) {
 				if(is_array($fieldType)) {
 					user_error('Sort column '.$this->sortColumn.' could not be found in '.$gridField->getModelClass().'\'s ancestry', E_USER_ERROR);
 				}else {
@@ -571,4 +571,4 @@ class GridFieldSortableRows implements GridField_HTMLProvider, GridField_ActionP
 		}
 	}
 }
-?>
+?>
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