diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
index baa948e680..efefad9704 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLRegionData.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
             if (scopeID != UUID.Zero)
                 command += " and ScopeID = ?scopeID";
 
+            command += " order by regionName";
+
             using (MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(command))
             {
                 cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("?regionName", regionName);