diff --git a/compass/deployment/installers/installer.py b/compass/deployment/installers/installer.py
index d1347a0b..838e2193 100644
--- a/compass/deployment/installers/installer.py
+++ b/compass/deployment/installers/installer.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class BaseInstaller(object):
         raise KeyError("'%s' is an invalid metadata!" % key)
 
     def _get_tmpl_vars_helper(self, metadata, config, output):
-        for key, config_value in config.iteritems():
+        for key, config_value in sorted(config.iteritems()):
             is_regular_key, sub_meta = self._get_submeta_by_key(metadata, key)
             mapping_to = self._get_key_mapping(sub_meta, key, is_regular_key)
 
diff --git a/compass/tests/deployment/installers/os_installers/cobbler/test_cobbler.py b/compass/tests/deployment/installers/os_installers/cobbler/test_cobbler.py
index 807c5b2b..c798c1cf 100644
--- a/compass/tests/deployment/installers/os_installers/cobbler/test_cobbler.py
+++ b/compass/tests/deployment/installers/os_installers/cobbler/test_cobbler.py
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ class TestCobblerInstaller(unittest2.TestCase):
                     }
                 },
                 "partition": {
-                    "/var": {
-                        "vol_size": 30,
-                        "vol_percentage": 30
-                    },
                     "/home": {
                         "vol_size": 50,
                         "vol_percentage": 40
@@ -76,6 +72,10 @@ class TestCobblerInstaller(unittest2.TestCase):
                     "/test": {
                         "vol_size": 10,
                         "vol_percentage": 10
+                    },
+                    "/var": {
+                        "vol_size": 30,
+                        "vol_percentage": 30
                     }
                 },
                 "server_credentials": {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class TestCobblerInstaller(unittest2.TestCase):
             "ksmeta": {
                 "promisc_nics": "",
                 "timezone": "UTC",
-                "partition": "/test 10%;/var 30%;/home 40%",
+                "partition": "/home 40%;/test 10%;/var 30%",
                 "https_proxy": "",
                 "ntp_server": "127.0.0.1",
                 "chef_url": "https://127.0.0.1",
diff --git a/compass/tests/deployment/test_data/templates/cobbler/Ubuntu-12.04-x86_64/system.tmpl b/compass/tests/deployment/test_data/templates/cobbler/Ubuntu-12.04-x86_64/system.tmpl
index 694874b5..e874d70e 100644
--- a/compass/tests/deployment/test_data/templates/cobbler/Ubuntu-12.04-x86_64/system.tmpl
+++ b/compass/tests/deployment/test_data/templates/cobbler/Ubuntu-12.04-x86_64/system.tmpl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     ,
     "ksmeta":{
         #set partition_config = ''
-        #for k, v in $host.partition.iteritems():
+        #for k, v in sorted($host.partition.iteritems()):
             #set path = ''
             #if v['vol_percentage']:
                 #set $path = k + ' ' + str(v['vol_percentage']) + '%'