diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Placeholders.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Placeholders.scala
index 5669ec731f07..825d0c04f3d3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Placeholders.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Placeholders.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ trait Placeholders { self: Quasiquotes =>
 
   // Step 1: Transform Scala source with holes into vanilla Scala source
 
-  lazy val holeMap = new HoleMap()
   lazy val posMap = mutable.ListMap[Position, (Int, Int)]()
   lazy val code = {
     val sb = new StringBuilder()
@@ -58,25 +57,27 @@ trait Placeholders { self: Quasiquotes =>
     sb.toString
   }
 
-  class HoleMap {
-    private var underlying = immutable.SortedMap[String, Hole]()
-    private val accessed = mutable.Set[String]()
+  object holeMap {
+    private val underlying = mutable.LinkedHashMap.empty[String, Hole]
+    private val accessed   = mutable.Set.empty[String]
     def unused: Set[Name] = (underlying.keys.toSet -- accessed).map(TermName(_))
-    def contains(key: Name) = underlying.contains(key.toString)
-    def apply(key: Name) = {
-      val s = key.toString
-      accessed += s
-      underlying(s)
-    }
-    def update(key: Name, hole: Hole) = {
+    def contains(key: Name): Boolean = underlying.contains(key.toString)
+    def apply(key: Name): Hole = {
+      val skey = key.toString
+      val value = underlying(skey)
+      accessed += skey
+      value
+    }
+    def update(key: Name, hole: Hole) =
       underlying += key.toString -> hole
+    def get(key: Name): Option[Hole] = {
+      val skey = key.toString
+      underlying.get(skey).map { v =>
+        accessed += skey
+        v
+      }
     }
-    def get(key: Name) = {
-      val s = key.toString
-      accessed += s
-      underlying.get(s)
-    }
-    def toList = underlying.toList
+    def keysIterator: Iterator[TermName] = underlying.keysIterator.map(TermName(_))
   }
 
   // Step 2: Transform vanilla Scala AST into an AST with holes
@@ -179,4 +180,4 @@ trait Placeholders { self: Quasiquotes =>
       case _ => None
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Reifiers.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Reifiers.scala
index 273245f7bd4f..aefd6132e0f4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Reifiers.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/reflect/quasiquotes/Reifiers.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ trait Reifiers { self: Quasiquotes =>
     /** Map that stores freshly generated names linked to the corresponding names in the reified tree.
      *  This information is used to reify names created by calls to freshTermName and freshTypeName.
      */
-    var nameMap = collection.mutable.HashMap.empty[Name, Set[TermName]].withDefault { _ => Set() }
+    val nameMap = collection.mutable.HashMap.empty[Name, Set[TermName]].withDefault { _ => Set() }
 
     /** Wraps expressions into:
      *    a block which starts with a sequence of vals that correspond
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ trait Reifiers { self: Quasiquotes =>
         // q"..$freshdefs; $tree"
         SyntacticBlock(freshdefs :+ tree)
       } else {
-        val freevars = holeMap.toList.map { case (name, _) => Ident(name) }
+        val freevars = holeMap.keysIterator.map(Ident(_)).toList
         val isVarPattern = tree match { case Bind(name, Ident(nme.WILDCARD)) => true case _ => false }
         val cases =
           if(isVarPattern) {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ trait Reifiers { self: Quasiquotes =>
         reifyBuildCall(nme.SyntacticNew, earlyDefs, parents, selfdef, body)
       case SyntacticDefDef(mods, name, tparams, build.ImplicitParams(vparamss, implparams), tpt, rhs) =>
         if (implparams.nonEmpty)
-          mirrorBuildCall(nme.SyntacticDefDef, reify(mods), reify(name), reify(tparams), 
+          mirrorBuildCall(nme.SyntacticDefDef, reify(mods), reify(name), reify(tparams),
                           reifyBuildCall(nme.ImplicitParams, vparamss, implparams), reify(tpt), reify(rhs))
         else
           reifyBuildCall(nme.SyntacticDefDef, mods, name, tparams, vparamss, tpt, rhs)
diff --git a/test/files/scalacheck/quasiquotes/TermConstructionProps.scala b/test/files/scalacheck/quasiquotes/TermConstructionProps.scala
index 54187d68c216..145e51ab6883 100644
--- a/test/files/scalacheck/quasiquotes/TermConstructionProps.scala
+++ b/test/files/scalacheck/quasiquotes/TermConstructionProps.scala
@@ -291,4 +291,9 @@ object TermConstructionProps extends QuasiquoteProperties("term construction") {
     val stats2 = List.empty[Tree]
     assert(q"{ ..$stats2 }" ≈ q"")
   }
+
+  property("consistent variable order") = test {
+    val q"$a = $b = $c = $d = $e = $f = $g = $h = $k = $l" = q"a = b = c = d = e = f = g = h = k = l"
+    assert(a ≈ q"a" && b ≈ q"b" && c ≈ q"c" && d ≈ q"d" && e ≈ q"e" && g ≈ q"g" && h ≈ q"h" && k ≈ q"k" && l ≈ q"l")
+  }
 }