diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
index c1bd4c340..bcf378041 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/dependencies.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
 typedef bool (*AddressPredicate)(const ObjectAddress *);
 
-static int ObjectAddressComparator(const void *a, const void *b);
 static List * GetDependencyCreateDDLCommands(const ObjectAddress *dependency);
 static List * FilterObjectAddressListByPredicate(List *objectAddressList,
 												 AddressPredicate predicate);
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ EnsureDependenciesExistOnAllNodes(const ObjectAddress *target)
 /*
  * Copied from PG object_address_comparator function to compare ObjectAddresses.
  */
-static int
+int
 ObjectAddressComparator(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
 	const ObjectAddress *obja = (const ObjectAddress *) a;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index 490eeb4ca..d89eeece9 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ MarkObjectsDistributedCreateCommand(List *addresses,
 									List *colocationIds,
 									List *forceDelegations)
 {
+	addresses = SortList(addresses, ObjectAddressComparator);
+
 	StringInfo insertDistributedObjectsCommand = makeStringInfo();
 
 	Assert(list_length(addresses) == list_length(distributionArgumentIndexes));
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h b/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
index 3e7a3b6f3..ecc81b223 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/metadata_utility.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ extern List * GetDistributableDependenciesForObject(const ObjectAddress *target)
 extern bool ShouldPropagate(void);
 extern bool ShouldPropagateObject(const ObjectAddress *address);
 extern List * ReplicateAllObjectsToNodeCommandList(const char *nodeName, int nodePort);
+extern int ObjectAddressComparator(const void *a, const void *b);
 
 /* Remaining metadata utility functions  */
 extern char * TableOwner(Oid relationId);