diff --git a/libtransmission/rpcimpl.cc b/libtransmission/rpcimpl.cc
index f694710aa..091008ef7 100644
--- a/libtransmission/rpcimpl.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/rpcimpl.cc
@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ auto getTorrents(tr_session* session, tr_variant* args)
         {
             time_t const cutoff = tr_time() - RecentlyActiveSeconds;
 
-            torrents.reserve(std::size(session->torrents()));
+            auto const& by_id = session->torrents().sorted_by_id();
+            torrents.reserve(std::size(by_id));
             std::copy_if(
-                std::begin(session->torrents()),
-                std::end(session->torrents()),
+                std::begin(by_id),
+                std::end(by_id),
                 std::back_inserter(torrents),
                 [&cutoff](auto const* tor) { return tor->anyDate >= cutoff; });
         }
@@ -148,8 +149,8 @@ auto getTorrents(tr_session* session, tr_variant* args)
     }
     else // all of them
     {
-        torrents.reserve(std::size(session->torrents()));
-        std::copy(std::begin(session->torrents()), std::end(session->torrents()), std::back_inserter(torrents));
+        auto const& by_id = session->torrents().sorted_by_id();
+        torrents = std::vector<tr_torrent*>{ std::begin(by_id), std::end(by_id) };
     }
 
     return torrents;
diff --git a/libtransmission/torrents.h b/libtransmission/torrents.h
index 336c6f2e2..8dedc2962 100644
--- a/libtransmission/torrents.h
+++ b/libtransmission/torrents.h
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ public:
         return std::empty(by_hash_);
     }
 
+    [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto const& sorted_by_id() const noexcept
+    {
+        return by_id_;
+    }
+
 private:
     std::vector<tr_torrent*> by_hash_;