diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 9025cdf6f9..4def65c946 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -243,10 +243,10 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CCACHE_HASH_FILES += $(DL_DIR)/$(GCC_SOURCE)
 # Cfr. PATCH_BASE_DIRS in .stamp_patched, but we catch both versioned and
 # unversioned patches unconditionally
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CCACHE_HASH_FILES += \
-	$(wildcard \
+	$(sort $(wildcard \
 		package/gcc/$(GCC_VERSION)/*.patch \
 		$(addsuffix $((PKG)_RAWNAME)/$(GCC_VERSION)/*.patch,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR))) \
-		$(addsuffix $((PKG)_RAWNAME)/*.patch,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR))))
+		$(addsuffix $((PKG)_RAWNAME)/*.patch,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)))))
 ifeq ($(BR2_xtensa),y)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CCACHE_HASH_FILES += $(HOST_GCC_XTENSA_OVERLAY_TAR)
 endif