diff --git a/src/rpc/index_util.cpp b/src/rpc/index_util.cpp
index d5ba2b1669..4e362af88c 100644
--- a/src/rpc/index_util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/index_util.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bool GetAddressIndex(CBlockTreeDB& block_tree_db, const uint160& addressHash, co
 }
 
 bool GetAddressUnspentIndex(CBlockTreeDB& block_tree_db, const uint160& addressHash, const AddressType type,
-                            std::vector<CAddressUnspentIndexEntry>& unspentOutputs)
+                            std::vector<CAddressUnspentIndexEntry>& unspentOutputs, const bool height_sort)
 {
     AssertLockHeld(::cs_main);
 
@@ -35,12 +35,20 @@ bool GetAddressUnspentIndex(CBlockTreeDB& block_tree_db, const uint160& addressH
     if (!block_tree_db.ReadAddressUnspentIndex(addressHash, type, unspentOutputs))
         return error("Unable to get txids for address");
 
+    if (height_sort) {
+        std::sort(unspentOutputs.begin(), unspentOutputs.end(),
+                  [](const CAddressUnspentIndexEntry &a, const CAddressUnspentIndexEntry &b) {
+                        return a.second.m_block_height < b.second.m_block_height;
+                  });
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
 bool GetMempoolAddressDeltaIndex(const CTxMemPool& mempool,
                                  const std::vector<CMempoolAddressDeltaKey>& addressDeltaIndex,
-                                 std::vector<CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry>& addressDeltaEntries)
+                                 std::vector<CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry>& addressDeltaEntries,
+                                 const bool timestamp_sort)
 {
     if (!fAddressIndex)
         return error("Address index not enabled");
@@ -48,6 +56,13 @@ bool GetMempoolAddressDeltaIndex(const CTxMemPool& mempool,
     if (!mempool.getAddressIndex(addressDeltaIndex, addressDeltaEntries))
         return error("Unable to get address delta information");
 
+    if (timestamp_sort) {
+        std::sort(addressDeltaEntries.begin(), addressDeltaEntries.end(),
+                  [](const CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry &a, const CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry &b) {
+                        return a.second.m_time < b.second.m_time;
+                  });
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/index_util.h b/src/rpc/index_util.h
index d296721be9..3155bf2263 100644
--- a/src/rpc/index_util.h
+++ b/src/rpc/index_util.h
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ bool GetAddressIndex(CBlockTreeDB& block_tree_db, const uint160& addressHash, co
                      const int32_t start = 0, const int32_t end = 0)
     EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
 bool GetAddressUnspentIndex(CBlockTreeDB& block_tree_db, const uint160& addressHash, const AddressType type,
-                            std::vector<CAddressUnspentIndexEntry>& unspentOutputs)
+                            std::vector<CAddressUnspentIndexEntry>& unspentOutputs, const bool height_sort = false)
     EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
 bool GetMempoolAddressDeltaIndex(const CTxMemPool& mempool,
                                  const std::vector<CMempoolAddressDeltaKey>& addressDeltaIndex,
-                                 std::vector<CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry>& addressDeltaEntries);
+                                 std::vector<CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry>& addressDeltaEntries,
+                                 const bool timestamp_sort = false);
 bool GetSpentIndex(CBlockTreeDB& block_tree_db, const CTxMemPool& mempool, const CSpentIndexKey& key,
                    CSpentIndexValue& value)
     EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main);
diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index eec4baec66..377acc2679 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -701,14 +701,6 @@ static bool getAddressesFromParams(const UniValue& params, std::vector<std::pair
     return true;
 }
 
-static bool heightSort(CAddressUnspentIndexEntry a, CAddressUnspentIndexEntry b) {
-    return a.second.m_block_height < b.second.m_block_height;
-}
-
-static bool timestampSort(CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry a, CMempoolAddressDeltaEntry b) {
-    return a.second.m_time < b.second.m_time;
-}
-
 static RPCHelpMan getaddressmempool()
 {
     return RPCHelpMan{"getaddressmempool",
@@ -752,10 +744,9 @@ static RPCHelpMan getaddressmempool()
     for (const auto& [hash, type] : addresses) {
         input_addresses.push_back({type, hash});
     }
-    if (!GetMempoolAddressDeltaIndex(mempool, input_addresses, indexes)) {
+    if (!GetMempoolAddressDeltaIndex(mempool, input_addresses, indexes, /* timestamp_sort = */ true)) {
         throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "No information available for address");
     }
-    std::sort(indexes.begin(), indexes.end(), timestampSort);
 
     UniValue result(UniValue::VARR);
 
@@ -825,14 +816,13 @@ static RPCHelpMan getaddressutxos()
     {
         LOCK(::cs_main);
         for (const auto& address : addresses) {
-            if (!GetAddressUnspentIndex(*pblocktree, address.first, address.second, unspentOutputs)) {
+            if (!GetAddressUnspentIndex(*pblocktree, address.first, address.second, unspentOutputs,
+                                        /* height_sort = */ true)) {
                 throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "No information available for address");
             }
         }
     }
 
-    std::sort(unspentOutputs.begin(), unspentOutputs.end(), heightSort);
-
     UniValue result(UniValue::VARR);
 
     for (const auto& [unspentKey, unspentValue] : unspentOutputs) {