diff --git a/gensim/test/test_similarities.py b/gensim/test/test_similarities.py
index d4a8829f72..b9353124e6 100644
--- a/gensim/test/test_similarities.py
+++ b/gensim/test/test_similarities.py
@@ -1032,6 +1032,11 @@ def test_most_similar(self):
         self.assertLess(1, len(results))
         self.assertGreaterEqual(4, len(results))
 
+        # check the order of the results
+        result = index.most_similar(u"holiday", topn=1)
+        term, _ = next(result)
+        self.assertEqual(u"hollingworth", term)
+
         # check that the term itself is not returned
         index = LevenshteinSimilarityIndex(self.dictionary)
         terms = [term for term, similarity in index.most_similar(u"holiday", topn=len(self.dictionary))]