diff --git a/lib/discovery.js b/lib/discovery.js
index d765ea945..63fb4a98a 100644
--- a/lib/discovery.js
+++ b/lib/discovery.js
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ function mixinDiscovery(MySQL, mysql) {
         (table ? ' WHERE table_name=' + mysql.escape(table) : ''),
       'table_name, ordinal_position', {});
     }
+    sql += " ORDER BY ordinal_position";
     return sql;
   };