Using MethodSorter here too, just in case it matters.

src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/TypeSafeMatcher.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
+import org.junit.internal.MethodSorter;
 
 /**
  * Convenient base class for Matchers that require a non-null value of a specific type.
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ protected TypeSafeMatcher() {
 
     private static Class<?> findExpectedType(Class<?> fromClass) {
         for (Class<?> c = fromClass; c != Object.class; c = c.getSuperclass()) {
-            for (Method method : c.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+            for (Method method : MethodSorter.getDeclaredMethods(c)) {
                 if (isMatchesSafelyMethod(method)) {
                     return method.getParameterTypes()[0];
                 }