diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php
index 401898011..a65c73328 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ class CountOutputWalker extends SqlWalker
      */
     public function walkSelectStatement(SelectStatement $AST)
     {
+        if ($this->platform->getName() === "mssql") {
+            $AST->orderByClause = null;
+        }
+
         $sql = parent::walkSelectStatement($AST);
 
         // Find out the SQL alias of the identifier column of the root entity
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalkerTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalkerTest.php
index 688f101b0..f3c2e1b50 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalkerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalkerTest.php
@@ -41,5 +41,22 @@ class CountOutputWalkerTest extends PaginationTestCase
             "SELECT COUNT(*) AS dctrn_count FROM (SELECT DISTINCT id1 FROM (SELECT count(u0_.id) AS sclr0, g1_.id AS id1, u0_.id AS id2 FROM groups g1_ LEFT JOIN user_group u2_ ON g1_.id = u2_.group_id LEFT JOIN User u0_ ON u0_.id = u2_.user_id GROUP BY g1_.id HAVING sclr0 > 0) dctrn_result) dctrn_table", $query->getSql()
         );
     }
+
+    public function testCountQueryOrderBySqlServer()
+    {
+        if ($this->entityManager->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform()->getName() !== "mssql") {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('SQLServer only test.');
+        }
+
+        $query = $this->entityManager->createQuery(
+            'SELECT p FROM Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Pagination\BlogPost p ORDER BY p.id');
+        $query->setHint(Query::HINT_CUSTOM_OUTPUT_WALKER, 'Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Pagination\CountOutputWalker');
+        $query->setFirstResult(null)->setMaxResults(null);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) AS dctrn_count FROM (SELECT DISTINCT id0 FROM (SELECT b0_.id AS id0, b0_.author_id AS author_id1, b0_.category_id AS category_id2 FROM BlogPost b0_) dctrn_result) dctrn_table",
+            $query->getSql()
+        );
+    }
 }