diff --git a/internal/proxy/task_hybrid_search.go b/internal/proxy/task_hybrid_search.go
index 0589295876..4c8b4cc74f 100644
--- a/internal/proxy/task_hybrid_search.go
+++ b/internal/proxy/task_hybrid_search.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/commonpbutil"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/funcutil"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/merr"
+	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/metric"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/paramtable"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/timerecord"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/typeutil"
@@ -395,8 +396,10 @@ func (t *hybridSearchTask) PostExecute(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	metricType := ""
 	t.queryChannelsTs = make(map[string]uint64)
 	for _, r := range t.resultBuf.Collect() {
+		metricType = r.GetResults()[0].GetMetricType()
 		for ch, ts := range r.GetChannelsMvcc() {
 			t.queryChannelsTs[ch] = ts
 		}
@@ -416,6 +419,7 @@ func (t *hybridSearchTask) PostExecute(ctx context.Context) error {
 	t.result, err = rankSearchResultData(ctx, 1,
 		t.rankParams,
 		primaryFieldSchema.GetDataType(),
+		metricType,
 		t.multipleRecallResults.Collect())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("rank search result failed", zap.Error(err))
@@ -468,6 +472,7 @@ func rankSearchResultData(ctx context.Context,
 	nq int64,
 	params *rankParams,
 	pkType schemapb.DataType,
+	metricType string,
 	searchResults []*milvuspb.SearchResults,
 ) (*milvuspb.SearchResults, error) {
 	tr := timerecord.NewTimeRecorder("rankSearchResultData")
@@ -483,7 +488,8 @@ func rankSearchResultData(ctx context.Context,
 		zap.Int("len(searchResults)", len(searchResults)),
 		zap.Int64("nq", nq),
 		zap.Int64("offset", offset),
-		zap.Int64("limit", limit))
+		zap.Int64("limit", limit),
+		zap.String("metric type", metricType))
 
 	ret := &milvuspb.SearchResults{
 		Status: merr.Success(),
@@ -546,9 +552,18 @@ func rankSearchResultData(ctx context.Context,
 		}
 
 		// sort id by score
-		sort.Slice(keys, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return idSet[keys[i]] >= idSet[keys[j]]
-		})
+		var less func(i, j int) bool
+		if metric.PositivelyRelated(metricType) {
+			less = func(i, j int) bool {
+				return idSet[keys[i]] > idSet[keys[j]]
+			}
+		} else {
+			less = func(i, j int) bool {
+				return idSet[keys[i]] < idSet[keys[j]]
+			}
+		}
+
+		sort.Slice(keys, less)
 
 		if int64(len(keys)) > topk {
 			keys = keys[:topk]