diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
index 6b5ef60263..51383fbba2 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py
@@ -240,13 +240,13 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         self.writable_fields = ['']
         fm = self.db.field_metadata
         for f in fm:
-            if (f in ['author_sort'] or (
-                fm[f]['datatype'] in ['text', 'series'])
-                    and fm[f].get('search_terms', None)
-                    and f not in ['formats', 'ondevice']):
+            if (f in ['author_sort'] or
+                    (fm[f]['datatype'] in ['text', 'series']
+                     and fm[f].get('search_terms', None)
+                     and f not in ['formats', 'ondevice', 'sort'])):
                 self.all_fields.append(f)
                 self.writable_fields.append(f)
-            if fm[f]['datatype'] == 'composite':
+            if f in ['sort'] or fm[f]['datatype'] == 'composite':
                 self.all_fields.append(f)
         self.all_fields.sort()
         self.writable_fields.sort()
@@ -338,7 +338,11 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(QDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
     def s_r_get_field(self, mi, field):
         if field:
             fm = self.db.metadata_for_field(field)
-            val = mi.get(field, None)
+            if field == 'sort':
+                val = mi.get('title_sort', None)
+            else:
+                val = mi.get(field, None)
+            print field, val
             if val is None:
                 val = []
             elif not fm['is_multiple']: