diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index 5033ba98bc8..be7067ff618 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class ChangeList(object):
                     del p[k]
             else:
                 p[k] = v
-        return '?%s' % urlencode(p)
+        return '?%s' % urlencode(sorted(p.items()))
 
     def get_results(self, request):
         paginator = self.model_admin.get_paginator(request, self.query_set, self.list_per_page)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_filters/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_filters/tests.py
index 4a3e6135c30..8a23f1c9d5c 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_filters/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_filters/tests.py
@@ -534,13 +534,13 @@ class ListFiltersTests(TestCase):
         choices = list(filterspec.choices(changelist))
         self.assertEqual(choices[3]['display'], 'the 2000\'s')
         self.assertEqual(choices[3]['selected'], True)
-        self.assertEqual(choices[3]['query_string'], '?publication-decade=the+00s&author__id__exact=%s' % self.alfred.pk)
+        self.assertEqual(choices[3]['query_string'], '?author__id__exact=%s&publication-decade=the+00s' % self.alfred.pk)
 
         filterspec = changelist.get_filters(request)[0][0]
         self.assertEqual(force_text(filterspec.title), 'Verbose Author')
         choice = select_by(filterspec.choices(changelist), "display", "alfred")
         self.assertEqual(choice['selected'], True)
-        self.assertEqual(choice['query_string'], '?publication-decade=the+00s&author__id__exact=%s' % self.alfred.pk)
+        self.assertEqual(choice['query_string'], '?author__id__exact=%s&publication-decade=the+00s' % self.alfred.pk)
 
     def test_listfilter_without_title(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
index d7f36c08b66..a091785530e 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -3524,14 +3524,14 @@ class DateHierarchyTests(TestCase):
 
     def assert_contains_month_link(self, response, date):
         self.assertContains(
-            response, '?release_date__year=%d&release_date__month=%d"' % (
-                date.year, date.month))
+            response, '?release_date__month=%d&release_date__year=%d"' % (
+                date.month, date.year))
 
     def assert_contains_day_link(self, response, date):
         self.assertContains(
-            response, '?release_date__year=%d&'
-            'release_date__month=%d&release_date__day=%d"' % (
-                date.year, date.month, date.day))
+            response, '?release_date__day=%d&'
+            'release_date__month=%d&release_date__year=%d"' % (
+                date.day, date.month, date.year))
 
     def test_empty(self):
         """