diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go
index 689b5286c6..e828a6ebb6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go
@@ -1106,11 +1106,18 @@ func (lv *liveness) showlive(v *ssa.Value, live bitvec.BitVec) {
 		s += "indirect call:"
 	}
 
+	// Sort variable names for display. Variables aren't in any particular order, and
+	// the order can change by architecture, particularly with differences in regabi.
+	var names []string
 	for j, n := range lv.vars {
 		if live.Get(int32(j)) {
-			s += fmt.Sprintf(" %v", n)
+			names = append(names, n.Sym().Name)
 		}
 	}
+	sort.Strings(names)
+	for _, v := range names {
+		s += " " + v
+	}
 
 	base.WarnfAt(pos, s)
 }
diff --git a/test/live.go b/test/live.go
index 6f3b86a35d..0e015db34c 100644
--- a/test/live.go
+++ b/test/live.go
@@ -698,9 +698,9 @@ func f41(p, q *int) (r *int) { // ERROR "live at entry to f41: p q$"
 	defer func() {
 		recover()
 	}()
-	printint(0) // ERROR "live at call to printint: q r .autotmp_[0-9]+$"
+	printint(0) // ERROR "live at call to printint: .autotmp_[0-9]+ q r$"
 	r = q
-	return // ERROR "live at call to f41.func1: r .autotmp_[0-9]+$"
+	return // ERROR "live at call to f41.func1: .autotmp_[0-9]+ r$"
 }
 
 func f42() {
diff --git a/test/live_regabi.go b/test/live_regabi.go
index 027d476ab2..6a8ff5d68a 100644
--- a/test/live_regabi.go
+++ b/test/live_regabi.go
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ func f41(p, q *int) (r *int) { // ERROR "live at entry to f41: p q$"
 	defer func() {
 		recover()
 	}()
-	printint(0) // ERROR "live at call to printint: q .autotmp_[0-9]+ r$"
+	printint(0) // ERROR "live at call to printint: .autotmp_[0-9]+ q r$"
 	r = q
 	return // ERROR "live at call to f41.func1: .autotmp_[0-9]+ r$"
 }