diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f71967..dc06a23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -256,12 +256,12 @@
 utest: venv protos
 	@ echo "Executing all unit tests"
 	. ${VENVDIR}/bin/activate && \
-	    for d in $$(find ./tests/utests -depth -type d); do echo $$d:; nosetests $$d; done
+	    for d in $$(find ./tests/utests -type d|sort -nr); do echo $$d:; nosetests $$d; done
 
 utest-with-coverage: venv protos
 	@ echo "Executing all unit tests and producing coverage results"
 	. ${VENVDIR}/bin/activate && \
-        for d in $$(find ./tests/utests -depth -type d); do echo $$d:; \
+        for d in $$(find ./tests/utests -type d|sort -nr); do echo $$d:; \
 	nosetests --with-xcoverage --with-xunit --cover-package=voltha,common,ofagent,chameleon $$d; done
 
 itest: venv run-as-root-tests