diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index 25bedd83644b0b7789912baff4b667b0eb2b7988..4705d32388f36f8de4603bcc924d0cb217bbacf1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 # find all modules listed in modules.order
-modules := $(sort $(shell cat $(MODORDER)))
+modules := $(shell cat $(MODORDER))
 
 __modfinal: $(modules)
 	@:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index a4c987c23750f6566e77ec260ff81d7de28279d5..f4cff42069adfa72f292bf1a0584189082344a3e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __modinst:
 include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
-modules := $(sort $(shell cat $(MODORDER)))
+modules := $(shell cat $(MODORDER))
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 dst := $(MODLIB)/kernel