diff --git a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
index c8154721d..2e0413fe8 100644
--- a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def check_job_status():
     jobs_not_complete_after_30_minutes = Job.query.filter(
         Job.job_status == JOB_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS,
         and_(thirty_five_minutes_ago < Job.processing_started, Job.processing_started < thirty_minutes_ago)
-    ).all()
+    ).order_by(Job.processing_started).all()
 
     job_ids = [str(x.id) for x in jobs_not_complete_after_30_minutes]
     if job_ids:
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
index ba87a94de..a61c70807 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
@@ -831,6 +831,6 @@ def test_check_job_status_task_raises_job_incomplete_error_for_multiple_jobs(moc
 
     mock_celery.assert_called_once_with(
         name=TaskNames.PROCESS_INCOMPLETE_JOBS,
-        args=([str(job_2.id), str(job.id)],),
+        args=([str(job.id), str(job_2.id)],),
         queue=QueueNames.JOBS
     )