diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/client/test_client_cmode.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/client/test_client_cmode.py
index f9dd1b56bd..dcfeb6f807 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/client/test_client_cmode.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/client/test_client_cmode.py
@@ -5347,7 +5347,7 @@ class NetAppClientCmodeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         result = self.client.get_aggregate_disk_types(
             fake.SHARE_AGGREGATE_NAME)
 
-        self.assertItemsEqual(expected, result)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(expected), sorted(result))
         mock_get_aggregate_disk_types.assert_called_once_with(
             fake.SHARE_AGGREGATE_NAME)
 
@@ -5375,7 +5375,7 @@ class NetAppClientCmodeTestCase(test.TestCase):
             fake.SHARE_AGGREGATE_NAME)
 
         self.assertIsInstance(result, list)
-        self.assertItemsEqual(['SATA', 'SSD'], result)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(['SATA', 'SSD']), sorted(result))
         mock_get_aggregate_disk_types.assert_has_calls([
             mock.call(fake.SHARE_AGGREGATE_NAME),
             mock.call(fake.SHARE_AGGREGATE_NAME, shared=True),
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/cluster_mode/test_performance.py b/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/cluster_mode/test_performance.py
index 906800039b..5ba4ea273d 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/cluster_mode/test_performance.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/drivers/netapp/dataontap/cluster_mode/test_performance.py
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class PerformanceLibraryTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.fake_volumes, self.fake_aggregates)
 
         expected_aggregate_names = ['aggr1', 'aggr2', 'aggr3']
-        self.assertItemsEqual(expected_aggregate_names, result)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(expected_aggregate_names), sorted(result))
 
     def test_get_nodes_for_aggregates(self):
 
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ class PerformanceLibraryTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         expected_node_names = ['node1', 'node2']
         expected_aggr_node_map = dict(zip(aggregate_names, aggregate_nodes))
-        self.assertItemsEqual(expected_node_names, result_node_names)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(expected_node_names),
+                         sorted(result_node_names))
         self.assertEqual(expected_aggr_node_map, result_aggr_node_map)
         mock_get_node_for_aggregate.assert_has_calls([
             mock.call('aggr1'), mock.call('aggr2'), mock.call('aggr3')])
diff --git a/manila/tests/share/test_share_types.py b/manila/tests/share/test_share_types.py
index c426d8994c..e9b1f69974 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share/test_share_types.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share/test_share_types.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class ShareTypesTestCase(test.TestCase):
                          'share_type_get_all',
                          mock.Mock(return_value=copy.deepcopy(share_type)))
         returned_type = share_types.get_all_types(self.context)
-        self.assertItemsEqual(share_type, returned_type)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(share_type), sorted(returned_type))
 
     def test_get_all_types_search(self):
         share_type = self.fake_type_w_extra
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class ShareTypesTestCase(test.TestCase):
         db.share_type_get_all.assert_called_once_with(
             mock.ANY, 0, filters={'is_public': True})
 
-        self.assertItemsEqual(share_type, returned_type)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(share_type), sorted(returned_type))
         search_filter = {'extra_specs': {'gold': 'False'}}
         expected_types = {}
         returned_types = share_types.get_all_types(self.context,
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class ShareTypesTestCase(test.TestCase):
         search_filter = {'extra_specs': {'gold': 'True'}}
         returned_type = share_types.get_all_types(self.context,
                                                   search_opts=search_filter)
-        self.assertItemsEqual(share_type, returned_type)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(share_type), sorted(returned_type))
 
     @ddt.data("nova", "supernova,nova", "supernova",
               "nova,hypernova,supernova")
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ class ShareTypesTestCase(test.TestCase):
         expected_return_types = (['gold', 'silver', 'default']
                                  if len(search_azs.split(',')) < 3
                                  else ['gold', 'default'])
-        self.assertItemsEqual(expected_return_types, returned_types)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(expected_return_types),
+                         sorted(returned_types))
 
     def test_get_share_type_extra_specs(self):
         share_type = self.fake_type_w_extra['test_with_extra']
diff --git a/manila/tests/share_group/test_share_group_types.py b/manila/tests/share_group/test_share_group_types.py
index fbdec420f1..ebb3fea1cf 100644
--- a/manila/tests/share_group/test_share_group_types.py
+++ b/manila/tests/share_group/test_share_group_types.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class ShareGroupTypesTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         returned_type = share_group_types.get_all(self.context)
 
-        self.assertItemsEqual(share_group_type, returned_type)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(share_group_type), sorted(returned_type))
 
     def test_get_all_types_search(self):
         share_group_type = self.fake_type_w_extra
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class ShareGroupTypesTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
         db.share_group_type_get_all.assert_called_once_with(
             mock.ANY, 0, filters={'is_public': True})
-        self.assertItemsEqual(share_group_type, returned_type)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(share_group_type), sorted(returned_type))
         search_filter = {"group_specs": {"gold": "False"}}
         returned_type = share_group_types.get_all(
             self.context, search_opts=search_filter)