diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 08f627db8867d8..db54e232aa8a5b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -1200,9 +1200,10 @@ function formatSetIterInner(ctx, recurseTimes, entries, state) {
     output[i] = formatValue(ctx, entries[i], recurseTimes);
   }
   ctx.indentationLvl -= 2;
-  if (state === kWeak) {
+  if (state === kWeak && !ctx.sorted) {
     // Sort all entries to have a halfway reliable output (if more entries than
-    // retrieved ones exist, we can not reliably return the same output).
+    // retrieved ones exist, we can not reliably return the same output) if the
+    // output is not sorted anyway.
     output = output.sort();
   }
   const remaining = entries.length - maxLength;
@@ -1227,9 +1228,11 @@ function formatMapIterInner(ctx, recurseTimes, entries, state) {
       output[i] = `${formatValue(ctx, entries[pos], recurseTimes)}` +
         ` => ${formatValue(ctx, entries[pos + 1], recurseTimes)}`;
     }
-    // Sort all entries to have a halfway reliable output (if more entries
-    // than retrieved ones exist, we can not reliably return the same output).
-    output = output.sort();
+    // Sort all entries to have a halfway reliable output (if more entries than
+    // retrieved ones exist, we can not reliably return the same output) if the
+    // output is not sorted anyway.
+    if (!ctx.sorted)
+      output = output.sort();
   } else {
     for (; i < maxLength; i++) {
       const pos = i * 2;