diff --git a/frappe/core/doctype/user_permission/user_permission.py b/frappe/core/doctype/user_permission/user_permission.py
index 49e7fec278..7be915cbec 100644
--- a/frappe/core/doctype/user_permission/user_permission.py
+++ b/frappe/core/doctype/user_permission/user_permission.py
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ def get_applicable_for_doctype_list(doctype, txt, searchfield, start, page_len,
 	return return_list
 
 def get_permitted_documents(doctype):
-	return [d.get('doc') for d in get_user_permissions().get(doctype, []) \
+	''' Returns permitted documents from the given doctype for the session user '''
+	# sort permissions in a way to make the first permission in the list to be default
+	user_perm_list = sorted(get_user_permissions().get(doctype, []), key=lambda x: x.get('is_default'), reverse=True)
+
+	return [d.get('doc') for d in user_perm_list \
 		if d.get('doc')]
 
 @frappe.whitelist()