diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Customer/Model/GroupManagement.php b/app/code/Magento/Customer/Model/GroupManagement.php
index eb5d90f2fd7ea..48cb5d55061c5 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Customer/Model/GroupManagement.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Customer/Model/GroupManagement.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 use Magento\Framework\Api\SortOrderBuilder;
 use Magento\Framework\App\Config\ScopeConfigInterface;
 use Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager;
-use Magento\Framework\Data\Collection;
 use Magento\Framework\Exception\NoSuchEntityException;
 use Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface;
 
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ public function getLoggedInGroups()
             ->create();
         $groupNameSortOrder = $this->sortOrderBuilder
             ->setField('customer_group_code')
-            ->setDirection(Collection::SORT_ORDER_ASC)
+            ->setAscendingDirection()
             ->create();
         $searchCriteria = $this->searchCriteriaBuilder
             ->addFilters($notLoggedInFilter)