diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/netcfg.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/netcfg.py
index 0c2f57880b1..15011865df5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/netcfg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/netcfg.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class NetworkConfig(object):
         return self._config
 
     def __str__(self):
-        config = dict()
+        config = collections.OrderedDict()
         for item in self._config:
             self.expand(item, config)
         return '\n'.join(self.flatten(config))