diff --git a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
index 71535631d3..3dc8f8ecec 100755
--- a/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
+++ b/t/t5551-http-fetch-smart.sh
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cookies stored in http.cookiefile when http.savecookies set
 	cat >cookies.txt <<-\EOF &&
 	127.0.0.1	FALSE	/smart_cookies/	FALSE	0	othername	othervalue
 	EOF
-	cat >expect_cookies.txt <<-\EOF &&
+	sort >expect_cookies.txt <<-\EOF &&
 
 	127.0.0.1	FALSE	/smart_cookies/	FALSE	0	othername	othervalue
 	127.0.0.1	FALSE	/smart_cookies/repo.git/info/	FALSE	0	name	value
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cookies stored in http.cookiefile when http.savecookies set
 	git config http.cookiefile cookies.txt &&
 	git config http.savecookies true &&
 	git ls-remote $HTTPD_URL/smart_cookies/repo.git master &&
-	tail -3 cookies.txt >cookies_tail.txt &&
+	tail -3 cookies.txt | sort >cookies_tail.txt &&
 	test_cmp expect_cookies.txt cookies_tail.txt
 '