diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py b/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py
index 73213472bf..4c2f896dab 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/typeahead.py
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ def checkinlist_select2(request, **kwargs):
 
     qs = request.event.checkin_lists.select_related('subevent').filter(
         qf
-    ).order_by('name')
+    ).order_by('subevent__date_from', 'name', 'pk')
 
     total = qs.count()
     pagesize = 20