diff --git a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
index eebe85d3c34..5aa7c6f2d80 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ fetch_make_patchlist () {
 				continue
 			fi
 			echo "${X}|${Y}"
-		done | uniq
+		done | sort -u
 }
 
 # Print user-friendly progress statistics