diff --git a/arg-table-path-0001/test-0001.sh b/arg-table-path-0001/test-0001.sh
index d3050f6..cad4af7 100755
--- a/arg-table-path-0001/test-0001.sh
+++ b/arg-table-path-0001/test-0001.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 TEST="Test --table-path to load dumped tables produced by acpixtract"
 NAME=test-0001.sh
 TMPLOG=$TMP/acpidump.log.$$
+SORTED=$TMP/acpidump.log.sorted
 HERE=`pwd`
 
 #
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ HERE=`pwd`
 # the output before we diff.
 #
 $FWTS --log-format="%line %owner " -w 80 --table-path=$HERE acpidump - | grep "^[0-9]*[ ]*acpidump" | cut -c7- | sort | uniq > $TMPLOG
-diff $TMPLOG acpidump-0001.log >> $FAILURE_LOG
+sort acpidump-0001.log > $SORTED
+diff $TMPLOG $SORTED >> $FAILURE_LOG
 ret=$?
 if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then 
 	echo PASSED: $TEST, $NAME
@@ -20,5 +22,5 @@ else
 	echo FAILED: $TEST, $NAME
 fi
 
-rm $TMPLOG
+rm $TMPLOG $SORTED
 exit $ret
diff --git a/arg-table-path-0001/test-0002.sh b/arg-table-path-0001/test-0002.sh
index 54906de..d9fb658 100755
--- a/arg-table-path-0001/test-0002.sh
+++ b/arg-table-path-0001/test-0002.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 TEST="Test -T to load dumped tables produced by acpixtract"
 NAME=test-0002.sh
 TMPLOG=$TMP/acpidump.log.$$
+SORTED=$TMP/acpidump.log.sorted
 HERE=`pwd`
 
 #
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ HERE=`pwd`
 # the output before we diff.
 #
 $FWTS --log-format="%line %owner " -w 80 -t $HERE acpidump - | grep "^[0-9]*[ ]*acpidump" | cut -c7- | sort | uniq > $TMPLOG
-diff $TMPLOG acpidump-0001.log >> $FAILURE_LOG
+sort acpidump-0001.log > $SORTED
+diff $TMPLOG $SORTED >> $FAILURE_LOG
 ret=$?
 if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then 
 	echo PASSED: $TEST, $NAME
@@ -20,5 +22,5 @@ else
 	echo FAILED: $TEST, $NAME
 fi
 
-rm $TMPLOG
+rm $TMPLOG $SORTED
 exit $ret