diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index f0ec4ffb..a27c6771 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -466,8 +466,7 @@ ifneq ($(findstring $(TARGET_OS),linux),)
   RSYSLOG                   += $(filter-out $(DONT_INSTALL),$(wildcard *.rsyslog rsyslog-*.bprof))
   BUILD_RSYSLOGDIR           = $(TOPDIR)/bin/rsyslog.d
   INSTALL_RSYSLOGDIR         = $(RSYSLOG_DIR)
-  INSTALLED_RSYSLOG          = $(addprefix $(INSTALL_RSYSLOGDIR)/,$(subst rsyslog-,,$(RSYSLOG)))
-  INSTALLED_RSYSLOG         += $(addprefix $(INSTALL_RSYSLOGDIR)/,$(patsubst %.rsyslog,%.conf,$(RSYSLOG)))
+  INSTALLED_RSYSLOG          = $(addprefix $(INSTALL_RSYSLOGDIR)/,$(sort $(patsubst %.rsyslog,%.conf,$(subst rsyslog-,,$(RSYSLOG)))))
 endif
 
 # -- CRONTAB