diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachinePool.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachinePool.cc
index 361a27620f..faf45866f7 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachinePool.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachinePool.cc
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ int VirtualMachinePool::dump_acct(ostringstream& oss,
         }
     }
 
-    cmd << " GROUP BY vid,seq";
+    cmd << " ORDER BY vid,seq";
 
     return PoolSQL::dump(oss, "HISTORY_RECORDS", cmd);
 };