diff --git a/mysql-test/r/variables.result b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
index c99d3f314c5..0b56e3c1d52 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/variables.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
@@ -318,13 +318,13 @@ transaction_prealloc_size	4096
 SELECT * FROM information_schema.session_variables 
 WHERE variable_name IN ('range_alloc_block_size',
 'query_alloc_block_size', 'query_prealloc_size',
-'transaction_alloc_block_size', 'transaction_prealloc_size');
+'transaction_alloc_block_size', 'transaction_prealloc_size') ORDER BY 1;
 VARIABLE_NAME	VARIABLE_VALUE
+QUERY_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE	8192
+QUERY_PREALLOC_SIZE	8192
 RANGE_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE	4096
 TRANSACTION_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE	8192
 TRANSACTION_PREALLOC_SIZE	4096
-QUERY_PREALLOC_SIZE	8192
-QUERY_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE	8192
 Testing values that are multiples of 1024
 set @@range_alloc_block_size=1024*15+1024;
 set @@query_alloc_block_size=1024*15+1024*2;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/variables.test b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
index 5cfa614f94a..6cd5abc3ea2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/variables.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ SHOW VARIABLES WHERE variable_name IN ('range_alloc_block_size',
 SELECT * FROM information_schema.session_variables 
 WHERE variable_name IN ('range_alloc_block_size',
 'query_alloc_block_size', 'query_prealloc_size',
-'transaction_alloc_block_size', 'transaction_prealloc_size');
+'transaction_alloc_block_size', 'transaction_prealloc_size') ORDER BY 1;
 --echo Testing values that are multiples of 1024
 set @@range_alloc_block_size=1024*15+1024;
 set @@query_alloc_block_size=1024*15+1024*2;