diff --git a/tests/defer_regress/tests.py b/tests/defer_regress/tests.py
index d4d722035f..fc77793288 100644
--- a/tests/defer_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/defer_regress/tests.py
@@ -98,29 +98,36 @@ class DeferRegressionTest(TestCase):
         i2 = s["item"]
         self.assertFalse(i2._deferred)
 
+        # Regression for #16409 - make sure defer() and only() work with annotate()
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            list(SimpleItem.objects.annotate(Count('feature')).defer('name')),
+            list)
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            list(SimpleItem.objects.annotate(Count('feature')).only('name')),
+            list)
+
+    def test_ticket_11936(self):
         # Regression for #11936 - loading.get_models should not return deferred
         # models by default.
-        klasses = sorted(
-            cache.get_models(cache.get_app("defer_regress")),
-            key=lambda klass: klass.__name__
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(
-            klasses, [
-                Child,
-                Feature,
-                Item,
-                ItemAndSimpleItem,
-                Leaf,
-                OneToOneItem,
-                Proxy,
-                RelatedItem,
-                ResolveThis,
-                SimpleItem,
-                SpecialFeature,
-            ]
+        # Run a couple of defer queries so that app-cache must contain some
+        # deferred classes. It might contain a lot more classes depending on
+        # the order the tests are ran.
+        list(Item.objects.defer("name"))
+        list(Child.objects.defer("value"))
+        klasses = set(
+            map(
+                attrgetter("__name__"),
+                cache.get_models(cache.get_app("defer_regress"))
+            )
         )
+        self.assertIn("Child", klasses)
+        self.assertIn("Item", klasses)
+        self.assertNotIn("Child_Deferred_value", klasses)
+        self.assertNotIn("Item_Deferred_name", klasses)
+        self.assertFalse(any(
+            k._deferred for k in cache.get_models(cache.get_app("defer_regress"))))
 
-        klasses = sorted(
+        klasses_with_deferred = set(
             map(
                 attrgetter("__name__"),
                 cache.get_models(
@@ -128,41 +135,15 @@ class DeferRegressionTest(TestCase):
                 ),
             )
         )
-        # FIXME: This is dependent on the order in which tests are run --
-        # this test case has to be the first, otherwise a LOT more classes
-        # appear.
-        self.assertEqual(
-            klasses, [
-                "Child",
-                "Child_Deferred_value",
-                "Feature",
-                "Item",
-                "ItemAndSimpleItem",
-                "Item_Deferred_name",
-                "Item_Deferred_name_other_value_text",
-                "Item_Deferred_name_other_value_value",
-                "Item_Deferred_other_value_text_value",
-                "Item_Deferred_text_value",
-                "Leaf",
-                "Leaf_Deferred_child_id_second_child_id_value",
-                "Leaf_Deferred_name_value",
-                "Leaf_Deferred_second_child_id_value",
-                "Leaf_Deferred_value",
-                "OneToOneItem",
-                "Proxy",
-                "RelatedItem",
-                "RelatedItem_Deferred_",
-                "RelatedItem_Deferred_item_id",
-                "ResolveThis",
-                "SimpleItem",
-                "SpecialFeature",
-            ]
+        self.assertIn("Child", klasses_with_deferred)
+        self.assertIn("Item", klasses_with_deferred)
+        self.assertIn("Child_Deferred_value", klasses_with_deferred)
+        self.assertIn("Item_Deferred_name", klasses_with_deferred)
+        self.assertTrue(any(
+            k._deferred for k in cache.get_models(
+                cache.get_app("defer_regress"), include_deferred=True))
         )
 
-        # Regression for #16409 - make sure defer() and only() work with annotate()
-        self.assertIsInstance(list(SimpleItem.objects.annotate(Count('feature')).defer('name')), list)
-        self.assertIsInstance(list(SimpleItem.objects.annotate(Count('feature')).only('name')), list)
-
     def test_only_and_defer_usage_on_proxy_models(self):
         # Regression for #15790 - only() broken for proxy models
         proxy = Proxy.objects.create(name="proxy", value=42)