diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/workspace.test.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/workspace.test.ts
index 77ed49227ca..1ef1c60cd41 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/workspace.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/singlefolder-tests/workspace.test.ts
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ suite('workspace-namespace', () => {
 		assert.ok(await vscode.workspace.applyEdit(we));
 		// todo@ben https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/52212
 		// let doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(newUri);
-		// assert.equal(doc.getText(), 'BarFooHello');
+		// assert.equal(doc.getText(), 'BarHelloFoo');
 	});
 
 	test('WorkspaceEdit: Problem recreating a renamed resource #42634', async function () {
@@ -605,9 +605,7 @@ suite('workspace-namespace', () => {
 
 		// todo@ben https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/52212
 		// let newDoc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(newUri);
-		// assert.equal(newDoc.getText(), 'FooHello');
-
-		// todo@ben https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/52212
+		// assert.equal(newDoc.getText(), 'HelloFoo');
 		// let doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(docUri);
 		// assert.equal(doc.getText(), 'Bar');
 	});
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/electron-browser/bulkEditService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/electron-browser/bulkEditService.ts
index f104e52bc77..1d989c07002 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/electron-browser/bulkEditService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/electron-browser/bulkEditService.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { emptyProgressRunner, IProgress, IProgressRunner } from 'vs/platform/pro
 import { IWorkspaceContextService } from 'vs/platform/workspace/common/workspace';
 import { IEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorService';
 import { ITextFileService } from 'vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles';
+import { mergeSort } from 'vs/base/common/arrays';
 
 abstract class Recording {
 
@@ -91,15 +92,7 @@ class EditTask implements IDisposable {
 
 	apply(): void {
 		if (this._edits.length > 0) {
-
-			this._edits = this._edits.map((value, index) => ({ value, index })).sort((a, b) => {
-				let ret = Range.compareRangesUsingStarts(a.value.range, b.value.range);
-				if (ret === 0) {
-					ret = a.index - b.index;
-				}
-				return ret;
-			}).map(element => element.value);
-
+			this._edits = mergeSort(this._edits, (a, b) => Range.compareRangesUsingStarts(a.range, b.range));
 			this._initialSelections = this._getInitialSelections();
 			this._model.pushStackElement();
 			this._model.pushEditOperations(this._initialSelections, this._edits, (edits) => this._getEndCursorSelections(edits));
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostTypes.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostTypes.test.ts
index 6a9037d6d82..11e5187b6e6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostTypes.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostTypes.test.ts
@@ -412,6 +412,18 @@ suite('ExtHostTypes', function () {
 		assert.ok(isTextChange(fourth) && fourth[1].length === 1);
 	});
 
+	test('WorkspaceEdit - two edits for one resource', function () {
+		let edit = new types.WorkspaceEdit();
+		let uri = URI.parse('foo:bar');
+		edit.insert(uri, new types.Position(0, 0), 'Hello');
+		edit.insert(uri, new types.Position(0, 0), 'Foo');
+
+		assert.equal(edit.allEntries().length, 2);
+		let [first, second] = edit.allEntries();
+		assert.equal((first as [URI, types.TextEdit[]])[1][0].newText, 'Hello');
+		assert.equal((second as [URI, types.TextEdit[]])[1][0].newText, 'Foo');
+	});
+
 	test('DocumentLink', function () {
 		assert.throws(() => new types.DocumentLink(null, null));
 		assert.throws(() => new types.DocumentLink(new types.Range(1, 1, 1, 1), null));