diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraServer.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraServer.java
index e4dc355644..02024258e5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraServer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/CassandraServer.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class CassandraServer implements Cassandra.Iface
             SliceRange range = predicate.slice_range;
             if (range.count < 0)
                 throw new InvalidRequestException("get_slice requires non-negative count");
-            return getSlice(new SliceFromReadCommand(keyspace, key, column_parent, range.start, range.finish, range.is_ascending, range.count), consistency_level);
+            return getSlice(new SliceFromReadCommand(keyspace, key, column_parent, range.start, range.finish, range.reversed, range.count), consistency_level);
         }
     }