diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
index aad16a7d0..0b2807711 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.c
@@ -2357,7 +2357,10 @@ nm_utils_fd_read_loop_exact (int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll)
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 NMUtilsNamedValue *
-nm_utils_named_values_from_str_dict (GHashTable *hash, guint *out_len)
+nm_utils_named_values_from_str_dict_with_sort (GHashTable *hash,
+                                               guint *out_len,
+                                               GCompareDataFunc compare_func,
+                                               gpointer user_data)
 {
 	GHashTableIter iter;
 	NMUtilsNamedValue *values;
@@ -2380,7 +2383,8 @@ nm_utils_named_values_from_str_dict (GHashTable *hash, guint *out_len)
 	values[i].name = NULL;
 	values[i].value_ptr = NULL;
 
-	nm_utils_named_value_list_sort (values, len, NULL, NULL);
+	if (compare_func)
+		nm_utils_named_value_list_sort (values, len, compare_func, user_data);
 
 	NM_SET_OUT (out_len, len);
 	return values;
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
index a58be6960..a5d2ee729 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
@@ -1207,7 +1207,18 @@ typedef struct {
 	};
 } NMUtilsNamedValue;
 
-NMUtilsNamedValue *nm_utils_named_values_from_str_dict (GHashTable *hash, guint *out_len);
+NMUtilsNamedValue *nm_utils_named_values_from_str_dict_with_sort (GHashTable *hash,
+                                                                  guint *out_len,
+                                                                  GCompareDataFunc compare_func,
+                                                                  gpointer user_data);
+
+static inline NMUtilsNamedValue *
+nm_utils_named_values_from_str_dict (GHashTable *hash, guint *out_len)
+{
+	G_STATIC_ASSERT (G_STRUCT_OFFSET (NMUtilsNamedValue, name) == 0);
+
+	return nm_utils_named_values_from_str_dict_with_sort (hash, out_len, nm_strcmp_p_with_data, NULL);
+}
 
 gssize nm_utils_named_value_list_find (const NMUtilsNamedValue *arr,
                                        gsize len,