diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/72873-fix-fileglob-ordering.yml b/changelogs/fragments/72873-fix-fileglob-ordering.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..329befc9079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/72873-fix-fileglob-ordering.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fix fileglob bug where it could return different results for different order of parameters (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72873).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
index 84ae6312ff5..e9ba25afa92 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/fileglob.py
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
             for dwimmed_path in found_paths:
                 if dwimmed_path:
                     globbed = glob.glob(to_bytes(os.path.join(dwimmed_path, term_file), errors='surrogate_or_strict'))
-                    ret.extend(to_text(g, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for g in globbed if os.path.isfile(g))
-                    if ret:
+                    term_results = [to_text(g, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for g in globbed if os.path.isfile(g)]
+                    if term_results:
+                        ret.extend(term_results)
                         break
         return ret
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_fileglob/issue72873/test.yml b/test/integration/targets/lookup_fileglob/issue72873/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..218ee58d903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_fileglob/issue72873/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+- hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+     dir: files
+  tasks:
+  - file: path='{{ dir }}' state=directory
+  
+  - file: path='setvars.bat' state=touch  # in current directory!
+
+  - file: path='{{ dir }}/{{ item }}' state=touch
+    loop:
+        - json.c
+        - strlcpy.c
+        - base64.c
+        - json.h
+        - base64.h
+        - strlcpy.h
+        - jo.c
+
+  - name: Get working order results and sort them
+    set_fact:
+        working: '{{ query("fileglob", "setvars.bat", "{{ dir }}/*.[ch]") | sort }}'
+
+  - name: Get broken order results and sort them
+    set_fact:
+        broken: '{{ query("fileglob", "{{ dir }}/*.[ch]", "setvars.bat") | sort }}'
+
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - working == broken
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/lookup_fileglob/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/lookup_fileglob/runme.sh
index 1e0297c79d0..be04421144f 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/lookup_fileglob/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/lookup_fileglob/runme.sh
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ for seed in foo foo/bar foo/bar/baz
 do
 	ansible-playbook non_existent/play.yml -e "seed='${seed}'" "$@"
 done
+
+# test for issue 72873 fix
+ansible-playbook issue72873/test.yml "$@"