diff --git a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/event/gc/heapsummary/HeapSummaryEventAllGcs.java b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/event/gc/heapsummary/HeapSummaryEventAllGcs.java
index 2baf87eae31..178d796e1b0 100644
--- a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/event/gc/heapsummary/HeapSummaryEventAllGcs.java
+++ b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/event/gc/heapsummary/HeapSummaryEventAllGcs.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class HeapSummaryEventAllGcs {
         GCHelper.callSystemGc(5, true);
         recording.stop();
 
-        List<RecordedEvent> allEvents = Events.fromRecording(recording);
+        List<RecordedEvent> allEvents = Events.fromRecordingOrdered(recording);
         if (!checkCollectors(allEvents, expectedYoungCollector, expectedOldCollector)) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/jfr/Events.java b/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/jfr/Events.java
index 8bbf22ca63a..03e1e39cfe3 100644
--- a/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/jfr/Events.java
+++ b/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/jfr/Events.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import jdk.jfr.AnnotationElement;
@@ -280,6 +281,20 @@ public class Events {
         return RecordingFile.readAllEvents(makeCopy(recording));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a list of events from a recording, ordered by the end time.
+     *
+     * @param recording recording, not {@code null}
+     * @return a list, not null
+     * @throws IOException if an event set could not be created due to I/O
+     *         errors.
+     */
+    public static List<RecordedEvent> fromRecordingOrdered(Recording recording) throws IOException {
+       List<RecordedEvent> events = fromRecording(recording);
+       events.sort(Comparator.comparing(RecordedEvent::getEndTime));
+       return events;
+    }
+
     public static RecordingFile copyTo(Recording r) throws IOException {
         return new RecordingFile(makeCopy(r));
     }