diff --git a/buglist.cgi b/buglist.cgi
index bdda404a31a824831f8c6d59119e185fc1f8dd0d..79504d63518b86f829ae508e4dd7799ca872237b 100755
--- a/buglist.cgi
+++ b/buglist.cgi
@@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ my @selectnames = map($columns->{$_}->{'name'}, @selectcolumns);
 if (!$order || $order =~ /^reuse/i) {
     if ($cgi->cookie('LASTORDER')) {
         $order = $cgi->cookie('LASTORDER');
+       
+        # Cookies from early versions of Specific Search included this text,
+        # which is now invalid.
+        $order =~ s/ LIMIT 200//;
+        
         $order_from_cookie = 1;
     }
     else {