diff --git a/pkg/idtools/idtools.go b/pkg/idtools/idtools.go
index 230422eac8..b3af7a4226 100644
--- a/pkg/idtools/idtools.go
+++ b/pkg/idtools/idtools.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -203,8 +202,6 @@ func (i *IdentityMapping) GIDs() []IDMap {
 func createIDMap(subidRanges ranges) []IDMap {
 	idMap := []IDMap{}
 
-	// sort the ranges by lowest ID first
-	sort.Sort(subidRanges)
 	containerID := 0
 	for _, idrange := range subidRanges {
 		idMap = append(idMap, IDMap{
diff --git a/pkg/idtools/idtools_test.go b/pkg/idtools/idtools_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7627d1998c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/idtools/idtools_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package idtools // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/idtools"
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"gotest.tools/assert"
+)
+
+func TestCreateIDMapOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	subidRanges := ranges{
+		{100000, 1000},
+		{1000, 1},
+	}
+
+	idMap := createIDMap(subidRanges)
+	assert.DeepEqual(t, idMap, []IDMap{
+		{
+			ContainerID: 0,
+			HostID:      100000,
+			Size:        1000,
+		},
+		{
+			ContainerID: 1000,
+			HostID:      1000,
+			Size:        1,
+		},
+	})
+}