diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
index cfb4474d05..2d3d085af3 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-term-query.php
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ class WP_Term_Query {
 		}
 
 		$orderby = $this->parse_orderby( $this->query_vars['orderby'] );
+		if ( $orderby ) {
+			$orderby = "ORDER BY $orderby";
+		}
+
 		$order = $this->parse_order( $this->query_vars['order'] );
 
 		if ( $taxonomies ) {
@@ -618,7 +622,7 @@ class WP_Term_Query {
 
 		$this->sql_clauses['select']  = "SELECT $distinct $fields";
 		$this->sql_clauses['from']    = "FROM $wpdb->terms AS t $join";
-		$this->sql_clauses['orderby'] = $orderby ? "ORDER BY $orderby $order" : '';
+		$this->sql_clauses['orderby'] = $orderby ? "$orderby $order" : '';
 		$this->sql_clauses['limits']  = $limits;
 
 		$this->request = "{$this->sql_clauses['select']} {$this->sql_clauses['from']} {$where} {$this->sql_clauses['orderby']} {$this->sql_clauses['limits']}";
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 957c826e7b..e7bc169248 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.6-beta3-38098';
+$wp_version = '4.6-beta3-38099';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.