diff --git a/api/selinuxprofile/v1alpha2/selinuxprofile_types.go b/api/selinuxprofile/v1alpha2/selinuxprofile_types.go
index 7a17ed0187..1a59a4f32f 100644
--- a/api/selinuxprofile/v1alpha2/selinuxprofile_types.go
+++ b/api/selinuxprofile/v1alpha2/selinuxprofile_types.go
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ package v1alpha2
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"sort"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
 	profilebasev1alpha1 "sigs.k8s.io/security-profiles-operator/api/profilebase/v1alpha1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/security-profiles-operator/internal/pkg/util"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -77,11 +79,31 @@ func (lk LabelKey) String() string {
 
 type ObjectClassKey string
 
+func (ock ObjectClassKey) String() string {
+	return string(ock)
+}
+
 type PermissionSet []string
 
 // Allow defines the allow policy for the profile.
 type Allow map[LabelKey]map[ObjectClassKey]PermissionSet
 
+func SortLabelKeys(allow Allow) []LabelKey {
+	keys := util.MapKeys(allow)
+	sort.SliceStable(keys, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return keys[i].String() < keys[j].String()
+	})
+	return keys
+}
+
+func SortObjectClassKeys(ock map[ObjectClassKey]PermissionSet) []ObjectClassKey {
+	keys := util.MapKeys(ock)
+	sort.SliceStable(keys, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return keys[i].String() < keys[j].String()
+	})
+	return keys
+}
+
 // SelinuxProfileStatus defines the observed state of SelinuxProfile.
 type SelinuxProfileStatus struct {
 	// Common status fields for all profiles.
diff --git a/internal/pkg/daemon/selinuxprofile/common_controller.go b/internal/pkg/daemon/selinuxprofile/common_controller.go
index d43a29aec2..2a68d8b13d 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/daemon/selinuxprofile/common_controller.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/daemon/selinuxprofile/common_controller.go
@@ -320,9 +320,7 @@ func (r *ReconcileSelinux) reconcilePolicyFile(
 	}
 	policyContent := []byte(cil)
 
-	l.Info("Writing to policy file", "policyPath", policyPath)
-
-	if err := writeFileIfDiffers(policyPath, policyContent); err != nil {
+	if err := writeFileIfDiffers(policyPath, policyContent, l); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("writing policy file: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -475,7 +473,7 @@ func selinuxdGetRequest(ctx context.Context, url string) (*http.Response, error)
 // Reopening the same file may seem wasteful and even look like a TOCTOU issue, but the policy
 // drop dir is private to this pod, but mostly just calling a single write is much easier codepath
 // than mucking around with seeks and truncates to account for all the corner cases.
-func writeFileIfDiffers(filePath string, contents []byte) error {
+func writeFileIfDiffers(filePath string, contents []byte, l logr.Logger) error {
 	const filePermissions = 0o600
 	file, err := os.OpenFile(filePath, os.O_RDONLY, filePermissions)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -495,5 +493,7 @@ func writeFileIfDiffers(filePath string, contents []byte) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	l.Info("Writing to policy file", "policyPath", filePath)
+
 	return os.WriteFile(filePath, contents, filePermissions)
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/translator/obj2cil.go b/internal/pkg/translator/obj2cil.go
index 71e57424b9..27c562266a 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/translator/obj2cil.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/translator/obj2cil.go
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ func Object2CIL(
 		cilbuilder.WriteString(typePermissive)
 		cilbuilder.WriteString("\n")
 	}
-	for ttype, tclassMap := range sp.Spec.Allow {
-		for tclass, perms := range tclassMap {
-			cilbuilder.WriteString(getCILAllowLine(sp, ttype, tclass, perms))
+
+	for _, ttype := range selxv1alpha2.SortLabelKeys(sp.Spec.Allow) {
+		for _, tclass := range selxv1alpha2.SortObjectClassKeys(sp.Spec.Allow[ttype]) {
+			cilbuilder.WriteString(getCILAllowLine(sp, ttype, tclass, sp.Spec.Allow[ttype][tclass]))
 		}
 	}
+
 	cilbuilder.WriteString(getCILEnd())
 	return cilbuilder.String()
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/util/maps.go b/internal/pkg/util/maps.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56037ca225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/pkg/util/maps.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package util
+
+// To avoid having to use experimental library imports, the below is taken from https://cs.opensource.google/go/x/exp/+/master:maps/maps.go
+// Keys returns the keys of the map m.
+// The keys will be in an indeterminate order
+func MapKeys[M ~map[K]V, K comparable, V any](m M) []K {
+	r := make([]K, 0, len(m))
+	for k := range m {
+		r = append(r, k)
+	}
+	return r
+}