diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py
index a7e2187..58d4d7d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_device_tagging.py
@@ -338,7 +338,9 @@
         found_devices = [d['tags'][0] for d in md_dict['devices']
                          if d.get('tags')]
         try:
-            self.assertItemsEqual(found_devices, ['nic-tag', 'volume-tag'])
+            self.assertEqual(
+                sorted(found_devices),
+                sorted(['nic-tag', 'volume-tag']))
             return True
         except Exception:
             return False