diff --git a/src/wp-includes/meta.php b/src/wp-includes/meta.php
index 82cb49144a..55beadb1a4 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/meta.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/meta.php
@@ -558,9 +558,9 @@ function update_meta_cache($meta_type, $object_ids) {
 		return $cache;
 
 	// Get meta info
-	$id_list = join(',', $ids);
-	$meta_list = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT $column, meta_key, meta_value FROM $table WHERE $column IN ($id_list)",
-		$meta_type), ARRAY_A );
+	$id_list = join( ',', $ids );
+	$id_column = 'user' == $meta_type ? 'umeta_id' : 'meta_id';
+	$meta_list = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT $column, meta_key, meta_value FROM $table WHERE $column IN ($id_list) ORDER BY $id_column ASC", ARRAY_A );
 
 	if ( !empty($meta_list) ) {
 		foreach ( $meta_list as $metarow) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/meta.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/meta.php
index 2bf5ac3944..d9e0e903dd 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/meta.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/meta.php
@@ -171,4 +171,19 @@ class Tests_Meta extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( array( $post_id2, $post_id1 ), $posts->posts );
 		$this->assertEquals( 2, substr_count( $posts->request, 'CAST(' ) );
 	}
+
+	function test_meta_cache_order_asc() {
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create();
+		$colors = array( 'red', 'blue', 'yellow', 'green' );
+		foreach ( $colors as $color )
+			add_post_meta( $post_id, 'color', $color );
+
+		foreach ( range( 1, 10 ) as $i ) {
+			$meta = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'color' );
+			$this->assertEquals( $meta, $colors );
+
+			if ( 0 === $i % 2 )
+				wp_cache_delete( $post_id, 'post_meta' );
+		}
+	}
 }