diff --git a/owners_finder.py b/owners_finder.py
index 1d4e542085..61869347ea 100644
--- a/owners_finder.py
+++ b/owners_finder.py
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ class OwnersFinder(object):
     self.selected_owners = set()
     self.deselected_owners = set()
 
-    # Initialize owners queue, sort it by the score
-    self.owners_queue = list(sorted(self.owners_to_files.keys(),
-                                    key=lambda owner: self.owners_score[owner]))
+    # Initialize owners queue, sort it by the score and name
+    self.owners_queue = sorted(
+        self.owners_to_files.keys(),
+        key=lambda owner: (self.owners_score[owner], owner))
     self.find_mandatory_owners()
 
   def select_owner(self, owner, findMandatoryOwners=True):
diff --git a/tests/owners_finder_test.py b/tests/owners_finder_test.py
index 60a8b495a4..a520d9a2dc 100755
--- a/tests/owners_finder_test.py
+++ b/tests/owners_finder_test.py
@@ -134,10 +134,6 @@ class OwnersFinderTests(_BaseTestCase):
   def test_constructor(self):
     self.assertNotEqual(self.defaultFinder(), None)
 
-  # A surrogate for the python 3 assertCountEqual() method.
-  def assertCountEqual(self, a, b):
-    self.assertEqual(sorted(a), sorted(b))
-
   def test_skip_files_owned_by_reviewers(self):
     files = [
         'chrome/browser/defaults.h',  # owned by brett
@@ -156,11 +152,9 @@ class OwnersFinderTests(_BaseTestCase):
 
   def test_reset(self):
     finder = self.defaultFinder()
-    i = 0
-    while i < 2:
-      i += 1
-      self.assertCountEqual(finder.owners_queue,
-                            [brett, john, darin, peter, ken, ben, tom])
+    for _ in range(2):
+      self.assertEqual(finder.owners_queue,
+                       [brett, darin, john, peter, ken, ben, tom])
       self.assertEqual(finder.unreviewed_files, {
           'base/vlog.h',
           'chrome/browser/defaults.h',
@@ -196,7 +190,7 @@ class OwnersFinderTests(_BaseTestCase):
 
     finder = self.defaultFinder()
     finder.select_owner(darin)
-    self.assertCountEqual(finder.owners_queue, [brett, peter, ken, ben, tom])
+    self.assertEqual(finder.owners_queue, [brett, peter, ken, ben, tom])
     self.assertEqual(finder.selected_owners, {darin})
     self.assertEqual(finder.deselected_owners, {john})
     self.assertEqual(finder.reviewed_by, {'content/bar/foo.cc': darin,
@@ -208,7 +202,7 @@ class OwnersFinderTests(_BaseTestCase):
 
     finder = self.defaultFinder()
     finder.select_owner(brett)
-    self.assertCountEqual(finder.owners_queue, [john, darin, peter, ken, tom])
+    self.assertEqual(finder.owners_queue, [darin, john, peter, ken, tom])
     self.assertEqual(finder.selected_owners, {brett})
     self.assertEqual(finder.deselected_owners, {ben})
     self.assertEqual(finder.reviewed_by,
@@ -224,7 +218,7 @@ class OwnersFinderTests(_BaseTestCase):
   def test_deselect(self):
     finder = self.defaultFinder()
     finder.deselect_owner(john)
-    self.assertCountEqual(finder.owners_queue, [brett, peter, ken, ben, tom])
+    self.assertEqual(finder.owners_queue, [brett, peter, ken, ben, tom])
     self.assertEqual(finder.selected_owners, {darin})
     self.assertEqual(finder.deselected_owners, {john})
     self.assertEqual(finder.reviewed_by, {'content/bar/foo.cc': darin,