diff --git a/pkg/models/monitoring/sort_page.go b/pkg/models/monitoring/sort_page.go
index 6926225f2..22e4afd8f 100644
--- a/pkg/models/monitoring/sort_page.go
+++ b/pkg/models/monitoring/sort_page.go
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ func (raw *Metrics) Sort(target, order, identifier string) *Metrics {
 				// Record ordinals in the final result
 				v, ok := mv.Metadata[identifier]
 				if ok && v != "" {
-					resourceOrdinal[v] = ordinal
-					ordinal++
+					if _, ok := resourceOrdinal[v]; !ok {
+						resourceOrdinal[v] = ordinal
+						ordinal++
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}