diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
index 8d88faeec..b927296fc 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refresh_helper.go
@@ -127,7 +127,12 @@ func (self *RefreshHelper) Refresh(options types.RefreshOptions) error {
 			refresh("commits and commit files", self.refreshCommitsAndCommitFiles)
 
 			includeWorktreesWithBranches = scopeSet.Includes(types.WORKTREES)
-			refresh("reflog and branches", func() { self.refreshReflogAndBranches(includeWorktreesWithBranches, options.KeepBranchSelectionIndex) })
+			if self.c.AppState.LocalBranchSortOrder == "recency" {
+				refresh("reflog and branches", func() { self.refreshReflogAndBranches(includeWorktreesWithBranches, options.KeepBranchSelectionIndex) })
+			} else {
+				refresh("branches", func() { self.refreshBranches(includeWorktreesWithBranches, options.KeepBranchSelectionIndex) })
+				refresh("reflog", func() { _ = self.refreshReflogCommits() })
+			}
 		} else if scopeSet.Includes(types.REBASE_COMMITS) {
 			// the above block handles rebase commits so we only need to call this one
 			// if we've asked specifically for rebase commits and not those other things