diff --git a/meta/parse.pl b/meta/parse.pl
index 127b97ecf..8298c7a23 100755
--- a/meta/parse.pl
+++ b/meta/parse.pl
@@ -5188,7 +5188,7 @@ sub CreateSwitchPointersAttributesList
     my @pointers = keys %NOTIFICATIONS;
     push @pointers, values %ATTR_TO_CALLBACK;
 
-    for my $name (sort @pointers)
+    for my $name (GetSwitchPointersInOrder(@pointers))
     {
         next if not $name =~ /^sai_(\w+)_fn/;
 
diff --git a/meta/saisanitycheck.c b/meta/saisanitycheck.c
index 7b8fb880e..9f1666f21 100644
--- a/meta/saisanitycheck.c
+++ b/meta/saisanitycheck.c
@@ -5499,9 +5499,15 @@ void check_switch_pointers_list()
 
     size_t i;
 
+    sai_attr_id_t id = 0;
+
     for (i = 0; i < sai_metadata_switch_pointers_attr_count; ++i)
     {
         META_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(sai_metadata_switch_pointers_attr[i]);
+
+        META_ASSERT_TRUE(id <= sai_metadata_switch_pointers_attr[i]->attrid, "sai_metadata_switch_pointers_attr attr pointers expected to increase")
+
+        id = sai_metadata_switch_pointers_attr[i]->attrid;
     }
 
     /* check for NULL guard */