diff --git a/docker-app/qfieldcloud/core/drf_utils.py b/docker-app/qfieldcloud/core/drf_utils.py
index 379aa826b..6e08dcc87 100644
--- a/docker-app/qfieldcloud/core/drf_utils.py
+++ b/docker-app/qfieldcloud/core/drf_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
-from django.http import HttpRequest
 from rest_framework import filters, views
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from typing import Iterable
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ def remove_invalid_fields(
         queryset: QuerySet,
         fields: Iterable[str],
         view: views.APIView,
-        request: HttpRequest,
+        request: Request,
     ) -> list[str]:
         """Process ordering fields by parsing custom field expression.
 
@@ -94,8 +93,7 @@ def remove_invalid_fields(
         Returns :
             list[str]: parsed ordering fields where aliases have been replaced
         """
-        drf_request = Request(request)
-        base_fields = super().remove_invalid_fields(queryset, fields, view, drf_request)
+        base_fields = super().remove_invalid_fields(queryset, fields, view, request)
         valid_fields = []
 
         for field_name, _verbose_name in self.get_valid_fields(