diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index 4f6ddc8040099385c673aaf56debd9ba9adc8016..3dfcd344a0cc059b03f97358cc54cceae6d39b96 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ def ShowInstanceConfig(opts, args):
                                       vnc_bind_address)
       buf.write("    - console connection: vnc to %s\n" % vnc_console_port)
 
-    for key in instance["hv_actual"]:
+    for key in sorted(instance["hv_actual"]):
       if key in instance["hv_instance"]:
         val = instance["hv_instance"][key]
       else: