diff --git a/pkg/cdi/container-edits.go b/pkg/cdi/container-edits.go
index a7ac70d..4744eff 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/container-edits.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/container-edits.go
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func ensureOCIHooks(spec *oci.Spec) {
 func sortMounts(specgen *ocigen.Generator) {
 	mounts := specgen.Mounts()
 	specgen.ClearMounts()
-	sort.Sort(orderedMounts(mounts))
+	sort.Stable(orderedMounts(mounts))
 	specgen.Config.Mounts = mounts
 }
 
@@ -375,14 +375,7 @@ func (m orderedMounts) Len() int {
 // mount indexed by parameter 1 is less than that of the mount indexed by
 // parameter 2. Used in sorting.
 func (m orderedMounts) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	ip, jp := m.parts(i), m.parts(j)
-	if ip < jp {
-		return true
-	}
-	if jp < ip {
-		return false
-	}
-	return m[i].Destination < m[j].Destination
+	return m.parts(i) < m.parts(j)
 }
 
 // Swap swaps two items in an array of mounts. Used in sorting
diff --git a/pkg/cdi/container-edits_test.go b/pkg/cdi/container-edits_test.go
index 28f3378..aaa0620 100644
--- a/pkg/cdi/container-edits_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cdi/container-edits_test.go
@@ -599,6 +599,84 @@ func TestApplyContainerEdits(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			result: &oci.Spec{},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "apply mount edits do not change the order of original mounts",
+			spec: &oci.Spec{
+				Mounts: []oci.Mount{
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path1",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/b",
+					},
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path2",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/a",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			edits: &cdi.ContainerEdits{
+				Mounts: []*cdi.Mount{
+					{
+						HostPath:      "/some/host/path3",
+						ContainerPath: "/dest/edit",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			result: &oci.Spec{
+				Mounts: []oci.Mount{
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path3",
+						Destination: "/dest/edit",
+					},
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path1",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/b",
+					},
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path2",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/a",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mount added by edit comes after existing ones of same number of path parts",
+			spec: &oci.Spec{
+				Mounts: []oci.Mount{
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path1",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/c",
+					},
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path2",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/b",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			edits: &cdi.ContainerEdits{
+				Mounts: []*cdi.Mount{
+					{
+						HostPath:      "/some/host/path3",
+						ContainerPath: "/dest/path/a",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			result: &oci.Spec{
+				Mounts: []oci.Mount{
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path1",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/c",
+					},
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path2",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/b",
+					},
+					{
+						Source:      "/some/host/path3",
+						Destination: "/dest/path/a",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			edits := ContainerEdits{tc.edits}