[2.1.x] Fixed #29428 -- Fixed admin changelist crash when using a query expression without asc()/desc() in the ordering.

Backport of 0d8e3e608ee9aab5076d497664aa97e0a29e523e from master

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index cbbe45a5c7..3febd42fb9 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import (
 )
 from django.core.paginator import InvalidPage
 from django.db import models
-from django.db.models.expressions import F, OrderBy
+from django.db.models.expressions import Combinable, F, OrderBy
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.http import urlencode
 from django.utils.timezone import make_aware
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ class ChangeList:
             # the right column numbers absolutely, because there might be more
             # than one column associated with that ordering, so we guess.
             for field in ordering:
-                if isinstance(field, OrderBy):
+                if isinstance(field, (Combinable, OrderBy)):
+                    if not isinstance(field, OrderBy):
+                        field = field.asc()
                     if isinstance(field.expression, F):
                         order_type = 'desc' if field.descending else 'asc'
                         field = field.expression.name
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.0.7.txt b/docs/releases/2.0.7.txt
index 40c46d76a6..46d6e86073 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.7.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.7.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ Django 2.0.7 fixes several bugs in 2.0.6.
 Bugfixes
 ========
 
-* ...
+* Fixed admin changelist crash when using a query expression without ``asc()``
+  or ``desc()`` in the page's ordering (:ticket:`29428`).
diff --git a/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py b/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py
index 9f9150f34d..6c9b424a5a 100644
--- a/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_changelist/tests.py
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ class ChangeListTests(TestCase):
         cl = m.get_changelist_instance(request)
         self.assertEqual(cl.get_ordering_field_columns(), {3: 'desc', 2: 'asc'})
 
+    def test_specified_ordering_by_f_expression_without_asc_desc(self):
+        class OrderedByFBandAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+            list_display = ['name', 'genres', 'nr_of_members']
+            ordering = (F('nr_of_members'), Upper('name'), F('genres'))
+
+        m = OrderedByFBandAdmin(Band, custom_site)
+        request = self.factory.get('/band/')
+        request.user = self.superuser
+        cl = m.get_changelist_instance(request)
+        self.assertEqual(cl.get_ordering_field_columns(), {3: 'asc', 2: 'asc'})
+
     def test_select_related_preserved(self):
         """
         Regression test for #10348: ChangeList.get_queryset() shouldn't