diff --git a/components/nexus-base/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverrides.java b/components/nexus-base/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverrides.java
index f3d9876427..7b8ded40fb 100644
--- a/components/nexus-base/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverrides.java
+++ b/components/nexus-base/src/main/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverrides.java
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 package org.sonatype.nexus.internal.log.overrides.file;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ public class LogbackLoggerOverrides
     extends LogbackLoggerOverridesSupport
     implements LoggerOverrides
 {
-  private final Map<String, LoggerLevel> loggerLevels = new HashMap<>();
+  private final Map<String, LoggerLevel> loggerLevels = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
   @Inject
   public LogbackLoggerOverrides(final ApplicationDirectories applicationDirectories) {
diff --git a/components/nexus-base/src/test/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverridesTest.java b/components/nexus-base/src/test/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverridesTest.java
index 638e6b10d2..2ce7cd33a8 100644
--- a/components/nexus-base/src/test/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverridesTest.java
+++ b/components/nexus-base/src/test/java/org/sonatype/nexus/internal/log/overrides/file/LogbackLoggerOverridesTest.java
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ private String getExpectedXml(boolean afterReset) {
     xml.append("<included>");
     xml.append(System.lineSeparator());
     if (!afterReset) {
-      xml.append("  <logger name='bar' level='INFO'/>");
-      xml.append(System.lineSeparator());
       xml.append("  <property name='root.level' value='WARN'/>");
       xml.append(System.lineSeparator());
       xml.append("  <logger name='foo' level='ERROR'/>");
       xml.append(System.lineSeparator());
+      xml.append("  <logger name='bar' level='INFO'/>");
+      xml.append(System.lineSeparator());
     }
     xml.append("</included>");
     xml.append(System.lineSeparator());