diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/fix.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/fix.rs
index 6e868ce1f1d327..9d42dd7b9b841f 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/fix.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/fix.rs
@@ -472,12 +472,11 @@ impl<'a> CompositeFix<'a> {
         if fixes.is_empty() {
             // Do nothing
             return Fix::empty();
-        }
-        if fixes.len() == 1 {
+        } else if fixes.len() == 1 {
             return fixes.pop().unwrap();
         }
 
-        fixes.sort_by(|a, b| a.span.cmp(&b.span));
+        fixes.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| a.span.cmp(&b.span));
 
         // safe, as fixes.len() > 1
         let start = fixes[0].span.start;
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/mod.rs
index 372b825f009014..e30874f48fc3ee 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/fixer/mod.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ impl<'a> Fixer<'a> {
             };
         }
 
-        self.messages.sort_by_key(|m| m.fix.as_ref().unwrap_or(&Fix::default()).span);
+        self.messages.sort_unstable_by_key(|m| m.fix.as_ref().unwrap_or(&Fix::default()).span);
         let mut fixed = false;
         let mut output = String::with_capacity(source_text.len());
         let mut last_pos: i64 = -1;