diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/txn/CompactionTxnHandler.java b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/txn/CompactionTxnHandler.java
index 5e3e31c1bc55..12240a3ac654 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/txn/CompactionTxnHandler.java
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/txn/CompactionTxnHandler.java
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ public CompactionInfo findNextToCompact(FindNextCompactRequest rqst) throws Meta
           sb.append("\"CQ_POOL_NAME\" IS NULL OR  \"CQ_ENQUEUE_TIME\" < (")
             .append(getEpochFn(dbProduct)).append(" - ").append(poolTimeout).append(")");
         }
+        sb.append(" ORDER BY \"CQ_ID\" ASC");
         String query = sb.toString();
         stmt = dbConn.prepareStatement(query);
         if (hasPoolName) {