diff --git a/ninja_extra/__init__.py b/ninja_extra/__init__.py
index c161995a..b800c6f1 100644
--- a/ninja_extra/__init__.py
+++ b/ninja_extra/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Django Ninja Extra - Class Based Utility and more for Django Ninja(Fast Django REST framework)"""
 
-__version__ = "0.21.7"
+__version__ = "0.21.8"
 
 import django
 
diff --git a/ninja_extra/controllers/base.py b/ninja_extra/controllers/base.py
index 065fb376..00853323 100644
--- a/ninja_extra/controllers/base.py
+++ b/ninja_extra/controllers/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import inspect
 import re
 import uuid
+from abc import ABC
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
@@ -62,9 +63,24 @@ class MissingAPIControllerDecoratorException(Exception):
 
 
 def get_route_functions(cls: Type) -> Iterable[RouteFunction]:
-    for _, method in inspect.getmembers(cls, predicate=inspect.isfunction):
-        if hasattr(method, ROUTE_FUNCTION):
-            yield getattr(method, ROUTE_FUNCTION)
+    """
+    Get all route functions from a controller class.
+    This function will recursively search for route functions in the base classes of the controller class
+    in order that they are defined.
+
+    Args:
+        cls (Type): The controller class.
+
+    Returns:
+        Iterable[RouteFunction]: An iterable of route functions.
+    """
+
+    bases = inspect.getmro(cls)
+    for base_cls in reversed(bases):
+        if base_cls not in [ControllerBase, ABC, object]:
+            for method in base_cls.__dict__.values():
+                if hasattr(method, ROUTE_FUNCTION):
+                    yield getattr(method, ROUTE_FUNCTION)
 
 
 def get_all_controller_route_function(
diff --git a/tests/test_operation.py b/tests/test_operation.py
index ba3100c7..8d6511db 100644
--- a/tests/test_operation.py
+++ b/tests/test_operation.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import uuid
+
 import django
 import pytest
 
-from ninja_extra import api_controller, route
+from ninja_extra import api_controller, http_delete, http_get, route, status
 from ninja_extra.controllers import AsyncRouteFunction, RouteFunction
 from ninja_extra.helper import get_route_function
 from ninja_extra.operation import AsyncOperation, Operation
@@ -113,3 +115,29 @@ async def test_async_route_operation_execution_should_log_execution(self):
             client = TestAsyncClient(self.SomeTestController)
             with pytest.raises(CustomException):
                 await client.get("/example_exception")
+
+
+def test_controller_operation_order():
+    @api_controller("/my/api/users", tags=["User"])
+    class UserAPIController:
+        @http_get("/me")
+        def get_current_user(self, request):
+            return {"debug": "ok", "message": "Current user"}
+
+        @http_get("/{user_id}")
+        def get_user(self, request, user_id: uuid.UUID):
+            return {"debug": "ok", "message": "User"}
+
+        @http_delete("/{user_id}", response={status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT: None})
+        def delete_user_from_clinic(self, request, user_id: uuid.UUID):
+            return {"debug": "ok", "message": "User deleted"}
+
+    client = TestClient(UserAPIController)
+    response = client.get("/me")
+    assert response.json() == {"debug": "ok", "message": "Current user"}
+
+    response = client.get(f"/{uuid.uuid4()}")
+    assert response.json() == {"debug": "ok", "message": "User"}
+
+    response = client.delete(f"/{uuid.uuid4()}")
+    assert response.content == b""