diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/api.rb b/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
index 00dffcda..1e0ec355 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/api.rb
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ module Sidekiq
       Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
         queues = conn.smembers('queues')
 
-        queues.inject({}) do |memo, queue|
+        array_of_arrays = queues.inject({}) do |memo, queue|
           memo[queue] = conn.llen("queue:#{queue}")
           memo
-        end
+        end.sort_by { |_, size| size }
+
+        Hash[array_of_arrays.reverse]
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/test_api.rb b/test/test_api.rb
index a557d4a7..4e184666 100644
--- a/test/test_api.rb
+++ b/test/test_api.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class TestApi < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
         assert_equal 0, s.queues.size
       end
 
-      it "returns a hash of queue and size" do
+      it "returns a hash of queue and size in order" do
         Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
           conn.rpush 'queue:foo', '{}'
           conn.sadd 'queues', 'foo'
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class TestApi < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
 
         s = Sidekiq::Stats.new
         assert_equal ({ "foo" => 1, "bar" => 3 }), s.queues
+        assert_equal "bar", s.queues.first.first
       end
     end