diff --git a/borgmatic/borg/flags.py b/borgmatic/borg/flags.py
index 4806f2952..0665607a2 100644
--- a/borgmatic/borg/flags.py
+++ b/borgmatic/borg/flags.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def make_flags_from_arguments(arguments, excludes=()):
     return tuple(
         itertools.chain.from_iterable(
             make_flags(name, value=getattr(arguments, name))
-            for name in vars(arguments)
+            for name in sorted(vars(arguments))
             if name not in excludes and not name.startswith('_')
         )
     )
diff --git a/tests/unit/borg/test_flags.py b/tests/unit/borg/test_flags.py
index ca2ff63c8..3d1153ec3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/borg/test_flags.py
+++ b/tests/unit/borg/test_flags.py
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ def test_make_flags_formats_name_with_underscore():
     assert module.make_flags('posix_me_harder', 'okay') == ('--posix-me-harder', 'okay')
 
 
-def test_make_flags_from_arguments_flattens_multiple_arguments():
+def test_make_flags_from_arguments_flattens_and_sorts_multiple_arguments():
     flexmock(module).should_receive('make_flags').with_args('foo', 'bar').and_return(('foo', 'bar'))
     flexmock(module).should_receive('make_flags').with_args('baz', 'quux').and_return(
         ('baz', 'quux')
     )
     arguments = flexmock(foo='bar', baz='quux')
 
-    assert sorted(module.make_flags_from_arguments(arguments)) == sorted(
-        ('foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'quux')
-    )
+    assert module.make_flags_from_arguments(arguments) == ('baz', 'quux', 'foo', 'bar')
 
 
 def test_make_flags_from_arguments_excludes_underscored_argument_names():