diff --git a/src/etc/inc/system.inc b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
index 08b7f3357..50ce99cea 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/system.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/system.inc
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ function system_sysctl_get()
         }
     }
 
+    ksort($sysctls);
+
     return $sysctls;
 }
 
@@ -1159,7 +1161,6 @@ function system_login_configure($verbose = false)
         $new_loader_conf .= "{$param}=\"{$value}\"\n";
     }
 
-
     /* write merged file back to target location */
     @file_put_contents('/boot/loader.conf', $new_loader_conf);