diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index 04009e4d0336ad5c9a3aa1ae9810e419fce5e215..970ac8b5ab1e993e2c2af7b3fbed032d3e80cd01 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ errors:
 
 tar:
 	@gtar --no-recursion -cvf - \
-		`find * -depth -print | grep -v CVS | grep -v .cvsignore | grep -v STATUS sort` |\
+		`find * -depth -print | grep -v CVS | grep -v .cvsignore | grep -v STATUS | sort` |\
 	tardy --user_number=0  --user_name=openssl \
 	      --group_number=0 --group_name=openssl \
 	      --prefix=openssl-$(VERSION) - |\