diff --git a/mysql/mysql_gtid.go b/mysql/mysql_gtid.go
index 151581f85..80287baf5 100644
--- a/mysql/mysql_gtid.go
+++ b/mysql/mysql_gtid.go
@@ -418,11 +418,25 @@ func (s *MysqlGTIDSet) Equal(o GTIDSet) bool {
 }
 
 func (s *MysqlGTIDSet) String() string {
+	// there is only one element in gtid set
+	if len(s.Sets) == 1 {
+		for _, set := range s.Sets {
+			return set.String()
+		}
+	}
+
+	// sort multi set
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	sep := ""
+	sets := make([]string, 0, len(s.Sets))
 	for _, set := range s.Sets {
+		sets = append(sets, set.String())
+	}
+	sort.Strings(sets)
+	
+	sep := ""
+	for _, set := range sets {
 		buf.WriteString(sep)
-		buf.WriteString(set.String())
+		buf.WriteString(set)
 		sep = ","
 	}