diff --git a/plugins/VersionUpgrade/VersionUpgrade22to24/VersionUpgrade.py b/plugins/VersionUpgrade/VersionUpgrade22to24/VersionUpgrade.py
index 04700853dd..b820306fe1 100644
--- a/plugins/VersionUpgrade/VersionUpgrade22to24/VersionUpgrade.py
+++ b/plugins/VersionUpgrade/VersionUpgrade22to24/VersionUpgrade.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class VersionUpgrade22to24(VersionUpgrade):
                     if not item: # the last item may be an empty string
                         continue
                     if item == variant_name:
-                        new_container_list.append(config_name)
                         new_container_list.append("empty_variant")
+                        new_container_list.append(config_name)
                     else:
                         new_container_list.append(item)