diff --git a/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Helper/Mediafallback.php b/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Helper/Mediafallback.php
index acda04049dd..ca49d89b4c6 100644
--- a/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Helper/Mediafallback.php
+++ b/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Helper/Mediafallback.php
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ public function attachProductChildrenAttributeMapping(array $parentProducts, $st
             ->setStoreId($storeId)
         ;
 
-        $optionLabels = [];
+        $optionLabelsOriginal = [];
         foreach ($configAttributes as $attribute) {
-            $optionLabels += $attribute->getOptionLabels();
+            $optionLabelsOriginal += $attribute->getOptionLabels();
         }
 
-        // normalize to all lower case before we start using them
+        // normalize to all lower case before we start using them for image matching
         $optionLabels = array_map(function ($value) {
             return array_map(Mage_ConfigurableSwatches_Helper_Data::normalizeKey(...), $value);
-        }, $optionLabels);
+        }, $optionLabelsOriginal);
 
         foreach ($parentProducts as $parentProduct) {
             $mapping = [];
@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ public function attachProductChildrenAttributeMapping(array $parentProducts, $st
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    // using default value as key unless store-specific label is present
+                    // using default value as key unless store-specific label is present (normalized for image matching)
                     $optionLabel = $optionLabels[$optionId][$storeId] ?? $optionLabels[$optionId][0];
+                    // Get the original (non-normalized) label for display
+                    $optionLabelOriginal = $optionLabelsOriginal[$optionId][$storeId] ?? $optionLabelsOriginal[$optionId][0];
 
                     // initialize arrays if not present
                     if (!isset($mapping[$optionLabel])) {
@@ -124,9 +126,9 @@ public function attachProductChildrenAttributeMapping(array $parentProducts, $st
                     $mapping[$optionLabel]['labels'] = $optionLabels[$optionId];
 
                     if ($attribute->getAttributeId() == $listSwatchAttr->getAttributeId()
-                        && !in_array($mapping[$optionLabel]['label'], $listSwatchValues)
+                        && !in_array($optionLabelOriginal, $listSwatchValues)
                     ) {
-                        $listSwatchValues[$optionId]      = $mapping[$optionLabel]['label'];
+                        $listSwatchValues[$optionId]      = $optionLabelOriginal;
                         $listSwatchStockValues[$optionId] = $isInStock;
                     }
                 } // end looping child products
@@ -137,8 +139,11 @@ public function attachProductChildrenAttributeMapping(array $parentProducts, $st
             }
 
             if ($listSwatchValues !== []) {
+                // Preserve the sort order from $optionLabelsOriginal while maintaining the option IDs as keys.
+                // array_intersect_key returns entries from the first array that have matching keys in the second,
+                // which ensures we get the original (non-normalized) labels in the correct sort order.
                 $listSwatchValues = array_replace(
-                    array_intersect_key($optionLabels, $listSwatchValues),
+                    array_intersect_key($optionLabelsOriginal, $listSwatchValues),
                     $listSwatchValues,
                 );
             }
diff --git a/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Model/Resource/Catalog/Product/Attribute/Super/Collection.php b/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Model/Resource/Catalog/Product/Attribute/Super/Collection.php
index f485132ad84..828e0fab583 100644
--- a/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Model/Resource/Catalog/Product/Attribute/Super/Collection.php
+++ b/app/code/core/Mage/ConfigurableSwatches/Model/Resource/Catalog/Product/Attribute/Super/Collection.php
@@ -119,11 +119,14 @@ protected function _getOptionLabels()
             ->where(
                 'labels.store_id IN (?)',
                 [Mage_Catalog_Model_Abstract::DEFAULT_STORE_ID, $this->getStoreId()],
-            );
+            )
+            ->order('options.sort_order ASC');
 
         $resultSet = $this->getConnection()->query($select);
         $labels = [];
         while ($option = $resultSet->fetch()) {
+            // PHP arrays maintain insertion order, so as we iterate through the sorted query results,
+            // the option IDs will be added in the correct sort_order
             $labels[$option['option_id']][$option['store_id']] = $option['label'];
         }