diff --git a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
index dc10c9e3f..9eb9cd5c0 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
+++ b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ source_files_in_separate_patch="${scst_debug} ${scst_proc} ${scst_sgv} ${scst_us
 
 # Directory include/scst/
 
-for f in $(ls scst/include/*h 2>/dev/null | sort)
+for f in $(ls scst/include/*h 2>/dev/null)
 do
   if ! in_separate_patch "${f}"; then
     add_file "${f}" "include/scst/${f#scst/include/}"
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ add_file "scst/kernel/in-tree/Kconfig.scst"  "drivers/scst/Kconfig"
 
 add_file "scst/kernel/in-tree/Makefile.scst" "drivers/scst/Makefile"
 
-for f in $(ls scst/src/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null | sort)
+for f in $(ls scst/src/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null)
 do
   if ! in_separate_patch "${f}"; then
     add_file "${f}" "drivers/scst/${f#scst/src/}"
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ add_file "scst/kernel/in-tree/Makefile.dev_handlers" \
          "drivers/scst/dev_handlers/Makefile" \
 | process_patch "dev_handlers_makefile.diff"
 
-for f in $(ls scst/src/dev_handlers/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null | sort)
+for f in $(ls scst/src/dev_handlers/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null)
 do
   if ! in_separate_patch "${f}"; then
     add_file "${f}" "drivers/scst/dev_handlers/${f#scst/src/dev_handlers/}"
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ done
 make -s -C iscsi-scst include/iscsi_scst_itf_ver.h
 
 (
-for f in $(ls iscsi-scst/include/*h 2>/dev/null | sort)
+for f in $(ls iscsi-scst/include/*h 2>/dev/null)
 do
   if [ "${f}" != "iscsi-scst/include/iscsi_scst_itf_ver.h" ]; then
     add_file "${f}" "include/scst/${f#iscsi-scst/include/}"
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ add_file "iscsi-scst/kernel/Makefile.in-kernel" \
 
 add_file "iscsi-scst/kernel/Kconfig"  "drivers/scst/iscsi-scst/Kconfig"
 
-for f in $(ls iscsi-scst/kernel/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null | sort)
+for f in $(ls iscsi-scst/kernel/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null)
 do
   add_file "${f}" "drivers/scst/iscsi-scst/${f#iscsi-scst/kernel/}"
 done
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ if [ "${qla2x00t}" = "true" ]; then
   fi
   ( cd qla2x00t && ./generate-in-tree-patches "$1" )
 
-  for f in $(ls qla2x00t/in-tree-patches/"$1"/*.patch 2>/dev/null | sort)
+  for f in $(ls qla2x00t/in-tree-patches/"$1"/*.patch 2>/dev/null)
   do
     g="${f#qla2x00t/in-tree-patches/$1/}"
     g="${g%.patch}"
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ if [ "${qla2x00t}" = "true" ]; then
   add_file "qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/Kconfig" \
            "drivers/scst/qla2xxx-target/Kconfig"
 
-  for f in $(ls qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null | sort)
+  for f in $(ls qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null)
   do
     add_file "${f}" "drivers/scst/qla2xxx-target/${f#qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/}"
   done
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ if [ "$srpt" = "true" ]; then
 
   add_file  "srpt/src/Makefile.in_kernel" "drivers/scst/srpt/Makefile"
 
-  for f in $(ls srpt/src/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null | sort)
+  for f in $(ls srpt/src/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null)
   do
     add_file "${f}" "drivers/scst/srpt/${f#srpt/src/}"
   done
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ if [ "$mpt_scst" = "true" ]; then
 
   add_file  "mpt/in-tree/Kconfig"  "drivers/message/fusion/mpt_scst/Kconfig"
 
-  for f in $(ls mpt/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null | sort)
+  for f in $(ls mpt/*.[ch] 2>/dev/null)
   do
     add_file "${f}" "drivers/message/fusion/mpt_scst/${f#mpt/}"
   done