diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/list_permissions_command_test.exs b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/list_permissions_command_test.exs
index f08e4bc9d7..8ea12518fe 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/list_permissions_command_test.exs
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_cli/test/list_permissions_command_test.exs
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ defmodule ListPermissionsCommandTest do
   end
 
   @tag test_timeout: @default_timeout
-  test "no options lists permissions on the default", context do
+  test "no options lists permissions in default vhost", context do
     capture_io(fn ->
-      assert ListPermissionsCommand.run([], context[:opts]) ==
-        [[user: "guest", configure: ".*", write: ".*", read: ".*"]]
+      results = ListPermissionsCommand.run([], context[:opts])
+      Enum.all?([[user: "guest", configure: ".*", write: ".*", read: ".*"]], fn(perm) ->
+        Enum.find(results, fn(found) -> found == perm end)
+      end)
     end)
   end
 
@@ -84,8 +86,10 @@ defmodule ListPermissionsCommandTest do
   @tag test_timeout: 30
   test "sufficiently long timeouts don't interfere with results", context do
     capture_io(fn ->
-      assert ListPermissionsCommand.run([], context[:opts]) ==
-        [[user: "guest", configure: ".*", write: ".*", read: ".*"]]
+      results = ListPermissionsCommand.run([], context[:opts])
+      Enum.all?([[user: "guest", configure: ".*", write: ".*", read: ".*"]], fn(perm) ->
+        Enum.find(results, fn(found) -> found == perm end)
+      end)
     end)
   end