diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index 919553b5f51d..ccf2bb14d00f 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ send_iterate_fs(zfs_handle_t *zhp, void *arg)
 	sd->parent_fromsnap_guid = 0;
 	VERIFY(0 == nvlist_alloc(&sd->parent_snaps, NV_UNIQUE_NAME, 0));
 	VERIFY(0 == nvlist_alloc(&sd->snapprops, NV_UNIQUE_NAME, 0));
-	(void) zfs_iter_snapshots(zhp, B_FALSE, send_iterate_snap, sd);
+	(void) zfs_iter_snapshots_sorted(zhp, send_iterate_snap, sd);
 	VERIFY(0 == nvlist_add_nvlist(nvfs, "snaps", sd->parent_snaps));
 	VERIFY(0 == nvlist_add_nvlist(nvfs, "snapprops", sd->snapprops));
 	nvlist_free(sd->parent_snaps);