diff --git a/pkg/archive/archive.go b/pkg/archive/archive.go
index 68e5c1d300..d9fcead3ef 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/archive.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/archive.go
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ func TarWithOptions(srcPath string, options *TarOptions) (io.ReadCloser, error)
 				}
 
 				if err := ta.addTarFile(filePath, relFilePath); err != nil {
-					log.Debugf("Can't add file %s to tar: %s", srcPath, err)
+					log.Debugf("Can't add file %s to tar: %s", filePath, err)
 				}
 				return nil
 			})
diff --git a/pkg/archive/changes.go b/pkg/archive/changes.go
index 85217f6e08..9f16b76f16 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/changes.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/changes.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -43,6 +44,13 @@ func (change *Change) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", kind, change.Path)
 }
 
+// for sort.Sort
+type changesByPath []Change
+
+func (c changesByPath) Less(i, j int) bool { return c[i].Path < c[j].Path }
+func (c changesByPath) Len() int           { return len(c) }
+func (c changesByPath) Swap(i, j int)      { c[j], c[i] = c[i], c[j] }
+
 // Gnu tar and the go tar writer don't have sub-second mtime
 // precision, which is problematic when we apply changes via tar
 // files, we handle this by comparing for exact times, *or* same
@@ -373,6 +381,8 @@ func ExportChanges(dir string, changes []Change) (Archive, error) {
 		// this buffer is needed for the duration of this piped stream
 		defer pools.BufioWriter32KPool.Put(ta.Buffer)
 
+		sort.Sort(changesByPath(changes))
+
 		// In general we log errors here but ignore them because
 		// during e.g. a diff operation the container can continue
 		// mutating the filesystem and we can see transient errors
diff --git a/pkg/archive/changes_test.go b/pkg/archive/changes_test.go
index 6b8f2354b8..8f32d7b30e 100644
--- a/pkg/archive/changes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/archive/changes_test.go
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ func copyDir(src, dst string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Helper to sort []Change by path
-type byPath struct{ changes []Change }
-
-func (b byPath) Less(i, j int) bool { return b.changes[i].Path < b.changes[j].Path }
-func (b byPath) Len() int           { return len(b.changes) }
-func (b byPath) Swap(i, j int)      { b.changes[i], b.changes[j] = b.changes[j], b.changes[i] }
-
 type FileType uint32
 
 const (
@@ -220,7 +213,7 @@ func TestChangesDirsMutated(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	sort.Sort(byPath{changes})
+	sort.Sort(changesByPath(changes))
 
 	expectedChanges := []Change{
 		{"/dir1", ChangeDelete},