diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.cc b/sbin/devd/devd.cc
index 772471985a1..fa75c3f58c0 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.cc
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.cc
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ public:
 void
 config::sort_vector(vector<event_proc *> &v)
 {
-	sort(v.begin(), v.end(), epv_greater());
+	stable_sort(v.begin(), v.end(), epv_greater());
 }
 
 void