diff --git a/app/models/miq_worker.rb b/app/models/miq_worker.rb
index bc12d0a7956..e0ccb641d6e 100644
--- a/app/models/miq_worker.rb
+++ b/app/models/miq_worker.rb
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def self.close_pg_sockets_inherited_from_parent
   # This converts it back to a Ruby Array safely.
   def queue_name
     begin
-      JSON.parse(self[:queue_name])
+      JSON.parse(self[:queue_name]).sort
     rescue JSON::ParserError, TypeError
       self[:queue_name]
     end