diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/GridSizeMigrationTaskV2.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/GridSizeMigrationTaskV2.java
index e36d4cf27d..ef9250c900 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/model/GridSizeMigrationTaskV2.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/model/GridSizeMigrationTaskV2.java
@@ -216,14 +216,15 @@ public class GridSizeMigrationTaskV2 {
             return false;
         }
 
+        // Sort the items by the reading order.
+        Collections.sort(mHotseatDiff);
+        Collections.sort(mWorkspaceDiff);
+
         // Migrate hotseat
         HotseatPlacementSolution hotseatSolution = new HotseatPlacementSolution(mDb, mSrcReader,
                 mDestReader, mContext, mDestHotseatSize, mHotseatItems, mHotseatDiff);
         hotseatSolution.find();
 
-        // Sort the items by the reading order.
-        Collections.sort(mWorkspaceDiff);
-
         // Migrate workspace.
         // First we create a collection of the screens
         List<Integer> screens = new ArrayList<>();