diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index 6a4660bad0c0c8184b4a9048205245eb6ab52e68..67d5bac70035d60ca4e767cc73899081a135c17d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -414,8 +414,14 @@ def y(*objects)
       end
     end
 
+    # Return an array of railties respecting the order they're loaded
+    # and the order specified by the +railties_order+ config.
+    #
+    # While when running initializers we need engines in reverse
+    # order here when copying migrations from railties we need then in the same
+    # order as given by +railties_order+
     def migration_railties # :nodoc:
-      (ordered_railties & railties_without_main_app).reverse
+      ordered_railties.flatten - [self]
     end
 
   protected
@@ -448,11 +454,6 @@ def run_console_blocks(app) #:nodoc:
       super
     end
 
-    def railties_without_main_app # :nodoc:
-      @railties_without_main_app ||= Rails::Railtie.subclasses.map(&:instance) +
-        Rails::Engine.subclasses.map(&:instance)
-    end
-
     # Returns the ordered railties for this application considering railties_order.
     def ordered_railties #:nodoc:
       @ordered_railties ||= begin
@@ -472,13 +473,13 @@ def ordered_railties #:nodoc:
 
         index = order.index(:all)
         order[index] = all
-        order.reverse.flatten
+        order
       end
     end
 
     def railties_initializers(current) #:nodoc:
       initializers = []
-      ordered_railties.each do |r|
+      ordered_railties.reverse.flatten.each do |r|
         if r == self
           initializers += current
         else
diff --git a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
index ec64ce59419ae877c1bc0e8accfb656942cdb9ed..1976466229a5c012a21b6734ce59c8245f299925 100644
--- a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,42 @@ class CreateBlogs < ActiveRecord::Migration
       end
     end
 
+    test "dont reverse default railties order" do
+      @api = engine "api" do |plugin|
+        plugin.write "lib/api.rb", <<-RUBY
+          module Api
+            class Engine < ::Rails::Engine; end
+          end
+        RUBY
+      end
+
+      # added last but here is loaded before api engine
+      @core = engine "core" do |plugin|
+        plugin.write "lib/core.rb", <<-RUBY
+          module Core
+            class Engine < ::Rails::Engine; end
+          end
+        RUBY
+      end
+
+      @core.write "db/migrate/1_create_users.rb", <<-RUBY
+        class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration; end
+      RUBY
+
+      @api.write "db/migrate/2_create_keys.rb", <<-RUBY
+        class CreateKeys < ActiveRecord::Migration; end
+      RUBY
+
+      boot_rails
+
+      Dir.chdir(app_path) do
+        output  = `bundle exec rake railties:install:migrations`.split("\n")
+
+        assert_match(/Copied migration \d+_create_users.core_engine.rb from core_engine/, output.first)
+        assert_match(/Copied migration \d+_create_keys.api_engine.rb from api_engine/, output.last)
+      end
+    end
+
     test "mountable engine should copy migrations within engine_path" do
       @plugin.write "lib/bukkits.rb", <<-RUBY
         module Bukkits