diff --git a/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs b/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs
index 98a4fe6ae32..77e05dd9c6d 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/collisions.rs
@@ -355,8 +355,10 @@ fn collision_doc_profile_split() {
         .build();
 
     // Just to verify that common is normally built twice.
+    // This is unordered because in rare cases `pm` may start
+    // building in-between the two `common`.
     p.cargo("build -v")
-        .with_stderr(
+        .with_stderr_unordered(
             "\
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