diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index d3d660cd70..f991b040ee 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ get_existing_connection (NMManager *manager, NMDevice *device)
 	 * When no configured connection matches the generated connection, we keep
 	 * the generated connection instead.
 	 */
-	connections = g_slist_sort (connections, nm_settings_sort_connections);
+	connections = g_slist_reverse (g_slist_sort (connections, nm_settings_sort_connections));
 	matched = nm_utils_match_connection (connections,
 	                                     connection,
 	                                     nm_device_has_carrier (device),
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings.c b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
index 852fa6d145..b4d9c22ea3 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
@@ -1685,7 +1685,11 @@ nm_settings_device_removed (NMSettings *self, NMDevice *device, gboolean quittin
 
 /***************************************************************/
 
-/* GCompareFunc helper for sorting "best" connections */
+/* GCompareFunc helper for sorting "best" connections.
+ * The function sorts connections in ascending timestamp order.
+ * That means an older connection (lower timestamp) goes before
+ * a newer one.
+ */
 gint
 nm_settings_sort_connections (gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
 {