diff --git a/src/core/executor.rs b/src/core/executor.rs
index 490d68630..eda83707b 100644
--- a/src/core/executor.rs
+++ b/src/core/executor.rs
@@ -31,19 +31,22 @@ impl Executor {
     //
     // Regardless of the executor (`SingleThread` or `ThreadPool`), panics in the task
     // will propagate to the caller.
-    pub fn map_unsorted<A: Send, R: Send, AIterator: Iterator<Item=A>, F: Sized + Sync + Fn(A) -> Result<R>>(&self, f: F, args: AIterator) -> Result<Vec<R>> {
+    pub fn map<A: Send, R: Send, AIterator: Iterator<Item=A>, F: Sized + Sync + Fn(A) -> Result<R>>(&self, f: F, args: AIterator) -> Result<Vec<R>> {
         match self {
             Executor::SingleThread => {
                 args.map(f).collect::<Result<_>>()
             }
             Executor::ThreadPool(pool) => {
+                let args_with_indices: Vec<(usize, A)> = args.enumerate().collect();
+                let num_fruits = args_with_indices.len();
                 let fruit_receiver = {
                     let (fruit_sender, fruit_receiver) = channel::unbounded();
                     pool.scoped(|scope| {
-                        for arg in args {
+                        for arg_with_idx in args_with_indices {
                             scope.execute(|| {
+                                let (idx, arg) = arg_with_idx;
                                 let fruit = f(arg);
-                                if let Err(err) = fruit_sender.send(fruit) {
+                                if let Err(err) = fruit_sender.send((idx, fruit)) {
                                     error!("Failed to send search task. It probably means all search threads have panicked. {:?}", err);
                                 }
                             });
@@ -54,9 +57,17 @@ impl Executor {
                     // This is important as it makes it possible for the fruit_receiver iteration to
                     // terminate.
                 };
-                fruit_receiver
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .collect::<Result<_>>()
+                let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(num_fruits);
+                unsafe {results.set_len(num_fruits)};
+                let mut num_items = 0;
+                for (pos, fruit_res) in fruit_receiver {
+                    results[pos] = fruit_res?;
+                    num_items += 1;
+                }
+                // this checks ensures that we filled of this
+                // uninitialized memory.
+                assert_eq!(num_items, results.len());
+                Ok(results)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -70,35 +81,34 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     #[should_panic(expected="panic should propagate")]
     fn test_panic_propagates_single_thread() {
-        let _result: Vec<usize> = Executor::single_thread().map_unsorted(|_| {panic!("panic should propagate"); }, vec![0].into_iter()).unwrap();
+        let _result: Vec<usize> = Executor::single_thread().map(|_| {panic!("panic should propagate"); }, vec![0].into_iter()).unwrap();
     }
 
     #[test]
     #[should_panic] //< unfortunately the panic message is not propagated
     fn test_panic_propagates_multi_thread() {
         let _result: Vec<usize> = Executor::multi_thread(1, "search-test")
-            .map_unsorted(|_| {panic!("panic should propagate"); }, vec![0].into_iter()).unwrap();
+            .map(|_| {panic!("panic should propagate"); }, vec![0].into_iter()).unwrap();
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_map_singlethread() {
         let result: Vec<usize> = Executor::single_thread()
-            .map_unsorted(|i| { Ok(i * 2) }, 0..1_000).unwrap();
+            .map(|i| { Ok(i * 2) }, 0..1_000).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.len(), 1_000);
         for i in 0..1_000 {
             assert_eq!(result[i], i * 2);
         }
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_map_multithread() {
-        let mut result: Vec<usize> = Executor::multi_thread(3, "search-test")
-            .map_unsorted(|i| Ok(i * 2), 0..10).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(result.len(), 10);
-        result.sort();
-        for i in 0..10 {
-            assert_eq!(result[i], i * 2);
-        }
-    }
+}
 
-}
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+#[test]
+fn test_map_multithread() {
+    let result: Vec<usize> = Executor::multi_thread(3, "search-test")
+        .map(|i| Ok(i * 2), 0..10).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result.len(), 10);
+    for i in 0..10 {
+        assert_eq!(result[i], i * 2);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/searcher.rs b/src/core/searcher.rs
index acece093f..89346390e 100644
--- a/src/core/searcher.rs
+++ b/src/core/searcher.rs
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ impl Searcher {
         let weight = query.weight(self, scoring_enabled)?;
         let segment_readers = self.segment_readers();
         let fruits = executor
-            .map_unsorted(|(segment_ord, segment_reader)| {
+            .map(|(segment_ord, segment_reader)| {
                 collect_segment(collector, weight.as_ref(), segment_ord as u32, segment_reader)
             },
-                          segment_readers.iter().enumerate())?;
+                 segment_readers.iter().enumerate())?;
         collector.merge_fruits(fruits)
     }