diff --git a/src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index ec665ae05c..824da9d066 100644
--- a/src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/src/conf/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -32,8 +32,28 @@
 
   <define name="domaincontents">
     <ref name="hvs"/>
+    <optional>
+      <attribute name="id">
+        <ref name="unsignedInt"/>
+      </attribute>
+    </optional>
     <interleave>
-      <ref name="ids"/>
+      <element name="name">
+        <ref name="objectNameWithSlash"/>
+      </element>
+      <optional>
+        <element name="uuid">
+          <ref name="UUID"/>
+        </element>
+      </optional>
+      <optional>
+        <element name="genid">
+          <choice>
+            <ref name="UUID"/>
+            <empty/>
+          </choice>
+        </element>
+      </optional>
       <optional>
         <ref name="title"/>
       </optional>
@@ -679,37 +699,6 @@
     </element>
   </define>
 
-  <!--
-      The Identifiers can be:
-      - an optional id attribute with a number on the domain element
-      - a mandatory name
-      - an optional uuid
-    -->
-  <define name="ids">
-    <optional>
-      <attribute name="id">
-        <ref name="unsignedInt"/>
-      </attribute>
-    </optional>
-    <interleave>
-      <element name="name">
-        <ref name="objectNameWithSlash"/>
-      </element>
-      <optional>
-        <element name="uuid">
-          <ref name="UUID"/>
-        </element>
-      </optional>
-      <optional>
-        <element name="genid">
-          <choice>
-            <ref name="UUID"/>
-            <empty/>
-          </choice>
-        </element>
-      </optional>
-    </interleave>
-  </define>
   <define name="idmap">
     <element name="idmap">
       <interleave>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.x86_64-latest.args b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.x86_64-latest.args
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d27dd77d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.x86_64-latest.args
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+LC_ALL=C \
+PATH=/bin \
+HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-passtvhostuu \
+USER=test \
+LOGNAME=test \
+XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-passtvhostuu/.local/share \
+XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-passtvhostuu/.cache \
+XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-passtvhostuu/.config \
+/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
+-name guest=passtvhostuu,debug-threads=on \
+-S \
+-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain--1-passtvhostuu/master-key.aes"}' \
+-machine pc-i440fx-7.2,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,acpi=on \
+-accel kvm \
+-cpu qemu64 \
+-m size=16777216k \
+-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-file","id":"pc.ram","mem-path":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/ram/-1-passtvhostuu/pc.ram","share":true,"x-use-canonical-path-for-ramblock-id":false,"size":17179869184}' \
+-overcommit mem-lock=off \
+-smp 16,sockets=16,cores=1,threads=1 \
+-uuid d79698e0-46b2-4459-87ee-7c762990dd6e \
+-display none \
+-no-user-config \
+-nodefaults \
+-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=1729,server=on,wait=off \
+-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
+-rtc base=utc \
+-no-shutdown \
+-boot strict=on \
+-device '{"driver":"piix3-usb-uhci","id":"usb","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \
+-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/home/laine/libvirt/images/fedora-34.img","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","read-only":false}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-blk-pci","bus":"pci.0","multifunction":true,"addr":"0x3","drive":"libvirt-1-storage","id":"virtio-disk0","bootindex":1}' \
+-chardev socket,id=charnet0,path=/var/run/libvirt/qemu/passt/-1-passtvhostuu-net0.socket \
+-netdev '{"type":"vhost-user","chardev":"charnet0","id":"hostnet0"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-net-pci","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"52:54:00:21:de:6c","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x2"}' \
+-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
+-device '{"driver":"isa-serial","chardev":"charserial0","id":"serial0","index":0}' \
+-audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \
+-device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.0","addr":"0x4"}' \
+-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
+-msg timestamp=on
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.x86_64-latest.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.x86_64-latest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1ef798384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.x86_64-latest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <name>passtvhostuu</name>
+  <uuid>d79698e0-46b2-4459-87ee-7c762990dd6e</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>16777216</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>16777216</currentMemory>
+  <memoryBacking>
+    <access mode='shared'/>
+  </memoryBacking>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu>
+  <resource>
+    <partition>/machine</partition>
+  </resource>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-7.2'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+    <apic/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
+    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu64</model>
+  </cpu>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source file='/home/laine/libvirt/images/fedora-34.img'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='piix3-uhci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <interface type='vhostuser'>
+      <mac address='52:54:00:21:de:6c'/>
+      <ip address='10.30.0.5' family='ipv4' prefix='24'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <backend type='passt'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </interface>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='isa-serial'/>
+      </target>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+    </console>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.xml b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c9ea8a935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconfdata/schema-reorder-domain-subelements.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<domain type='kvm'>
+  <uuid>d79698e0-46b2-4459-87ee-7c762990dd6e</uuid>
+  <memoryBacking>
+    <access mode='shared'/>
+  </memoryBacking>
+  <name>passtvhostuu</name>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>16777216</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>16777216</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>16</vcpu>
+  <resource>
+    <partition>/machine</partition>
+  </resource>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-7.2'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <features>
+    <acpi/>
+    <apic/>
+  </features>
+  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='none'>
+    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu64</model>
+  </cpu>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
+    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
+      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+      <source file='/home/laine/libvirt/images/fedora-34.img'/>
+      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='piix3-uhci'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
+    </controller>
+    <interface type='vhostuser'>
+      <mac address='52:54:00:21:de:6c'/>
+      <ip address='10.30.0.5' family='ipv4' prefix='24'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <backend type='passt'/>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
+    </interface>
+    <serial type='pty'>
+      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
+        <model name='isa-serial'/>
+      </target>
+    </serial>
+    <console type='pty'>
+      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
+    </console>
+    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
+    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
+    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'>
+      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
+    </memballoon>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
index fdf8dfe614..8632434760 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxmlconftest.c
@@ -3029,6 +3029,8 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST_PARSE_ERROR("hostdev-scsi-vhost-sgio-invalid");
     DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("disk-startuppolicy-optional-drop");
 
+    DO_TEST_CAPS_LATEST("schema-reorder-domain-subelements");
+
     /* check that all input files were actually used here */
     if (testConfXMLCheck(existingTestCases) < 0)
         ret = -1;