diff --git a/tests/test-convert-cvs b/tests/test-convert-cvs
--- a/tests/test-convert-cvs
+++ b/tests/test-convert-cvs
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ cvscall -q -d "$CVSROOT" checkout -d src
 ls srcfull
 hg convert srcfull srcfull-hg \
     | sed -e 's/connecting to.*cvsrepo/connecting to cvsrepo/g' \
-    | grep -v 'log entries' | grep -v 'hook:'
+    | grep -v 'log entries' | grep -v 'hook:' \
+    | grep -v '^[0-3] .*' # filter instable changeset order
 hg cat -r tip srcfull-hg/src/a
 hg cat -r tip srcfull-hg/src/b/c
 
diff --git a/tests/test-convert-cvs.out b/tests/test-convert-cvs.out
--- a/tests/test-convert-cvs.out
+++ b/tests/test-convert-cvs.out
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ creating changesets
 4 changeset entries
 sorting...
 converting...
-3 Initial revision
-2 import
-1 initial checkin
-0 ci0
 updating tags
 a
 c