diff --git a/wafer/compare/admin.py b/wafer/compare/admin.py
index a2248124..2b0bc58e 100644
--- a/wafer/compare/admin.py
+++ b/wafer/compare/admin.py
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ def comparelist_view(self, request, object_id, extra_context=None):
             {
                 "revision": version.revision,
                 "url": reverse("%s:%s_%s_compare" % (self.admin_site.name, opts.app_label, opts.model_name), args=(quote(version.object_id), version.id)),
-            } for version in self._reversion_order_version_queryset(Version.objects.get_for_object_reference(
+            } for version in Version.objects.get_for_object_reference(
                 self.model,
-                object_id).select_related("revision__user"))]
+                object_id).select_related("revision__user")]
         context = {"action_list": action_list,
                    "opts": opts,
                    "object_id": quote(object_id),
diff --git a/wafer/compare/tests/__init__.py b/wafer/compare/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/wafer/compare/tests/test_wafer_compare_list.py b/wafer/compare/tests/test_wafer_compare_list.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fa9b8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wafer/compare/tests/test_wafer_compare_list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# This tests the basic compare list, to ensure it's working as expected
+
+import re
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.utils.timezone import datetime, now
+
+from django.test import Client, TestCase
+
+from reversion import revisions
+
+from wafer.talks.models import Talk, TalkType, SUBMITTED
+from wafer.talks.tests.fixtures import create_talk
+from wafer.tests.utils import create_user
+
+
+class TestBasicCompareList(TestCase):
+    """Basic talk tests"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Setup a user with a talk"""
+        talk_user = create_user('john')
+        self.super = create_user('super', superuser=True)
+        self.talk_a = create_talk('This is a test talk', status=SUBMITTED, user=talk_user)
+        # Create a base revision
+        with revisions.create_revision():
+            self.talk_a.save()
+        # Edit 1
+        self.talk_a.abstract = "This is an abstract"
+        with revisions.create_revision():
+            self.talk_a.save()
+        self.talk_a.abstract = "This is not an abstract"
+        with revisions.create_revision():
+            self.talk_a.save()
+        self.client = Client()
+        # We use an re here as the revision numbers aren't guaranteed to be stable
+        # across different databases
+        self.compare_re = re.compile('/admin/talks/talk/[0-9]+/[0-9]+/compare/')
+
+    def test_get_compare_list(self):
+        """Get the compare list and check the number of entries"""
+        self.client.login(username="super", password="super_password")
+        response = self.client.get(f'/admin/talks/talk/{self.talk_a.pk}/comparelist/')
+        # Check we have exactly 3 revisions to compare
+        results = self.compare_re.findall(response.content.decode())
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 3)
+
+    def test_get_diffs(self):
+        """Check that diffs look sensible"""
+        self.client.login(username="super", password="super_password")
+        response = self.client.get(f'/admin/talks/talk/{self.talk_a.pk}/comparelist/')
+        results = self.compare_re.findall(response.content.decode())
+        # we grab the second to look at the abstract changes
+        url = results[1]
+        response = self.client.get(url)
+        # Check that the 'not' we added is marked
+        # This should maybe a regex to avoid assumptions about the whitespace
+        # positioning.
+        self.assertIn(b'>not </ins>', response.content)