diff --git a/Lib/test/test_symtable.py b/Lib/test/test_symtable.py
index 7fb368a..335b4dc 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_symtable.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_symtable.py
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
 
     def test_function_info(self):
         func = self.spam
-        self.assertEqual(func.get_parameters(), ("a", "b", "kw", "var"))
-        self.assertEqual(func.get_locals(),
-                         ("a", "b", "internal", "kw", "var", "x"))
-        self.assertEqual(func.get_globals(), ("bar", "glob"))
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(func.get_parameters()), ["a", "b", "kw", "var"])
+        expected = ["a", "b", "internal", "kw", "var", "x"]
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(func.get_locals()), expected)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(func.get_globals()), ["bar", "glob"])
         self.assertEqual(self.internal.get_frees(), ("x",))
 
     def test_globals(self):