diff --git a/src/runtime/timer/mod.rs b/src/runtime/timer/mod.rs
index 8a05dfdba08f..2956a87b3ec1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/timer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/timer/mod.rs
@@ -665,6 +665,17 @@ impl All {
         // SAFETY: caller guarantees `timer` is a valid live EventLoopTimer.
         let tag = unsafe { (*timer).tag };
         debug_assert!(tag != EventLoopTimerTag::WTFTimer, "use wtf_arm");
+
+        // Bump the global epoch into the per-timer flags so equal-deadline JS
+        // timers (setTimeout/setInterval/AbortSignal.timeout) fire in insertion
+        // order. Before heap insert: `EventLoopTimer::less` reads epoch as tiebreak.
+        // SAFETY: `timer` is live (caller contract).
+        if let Some(flags) = unsafe { js_timer_flags_ptr(timer) } {
+            self.epoch = self.epoch.wrapping_add(1) & ((1u32 << 25) - 1);
+            // SAFETY: `flags` points into the live container recovered above.
+            unsafe { (*flags.as_ptr()).set_epoch(self.epoch) };
+        }
+
         if self.fake_timers.is_active() && tag.allow_fake_timers() {
             // SAFETY: see fn contract
             unsafe {
@@ -829,17 +840,8 @@ impl All {
         timer_ref.next.sec = time.sec;
         timer_ref.next.nsec = time.nsec;
 
-        // Bump the global epoch and write it back
-        // into the per-timer flags so equal-deadline JS timers fire in
-        // refresh order.
-        // SAFETY: `timer` is live (caller contract); `timer_ref`'s last use
-        // is above so the raw `(*timer).tag` read inside is SB-clean.
-        if let Some(flags) = unsafe { js_timer_flags_ptr(timer) } {
-            self.epoch = self.epoch.wrapping_add(1) & ((1u32 << 25) - 1);
-            // SAFETY: `flags` points into the live container recovered above.
-            unsafe { (*flags.as_ptr()).set_epoch(self.epoch) };
-        }
-
+        // `insert` bumps the global epoch and writes it into the per-timer
+        // flags so equal-deadline JS timers fire in refresh order.
         self.insert(timer);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/js/web/abort/abort.test.ts b/test/js/web/abort/abort.test.ts
index 48c19fd1c347..1a61e509dd7f 100644
--- a/test/js/web/abort/abort.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/web/abort/abort.test.ts
@@ -87,4 +87,31 @@ describe("AbortSignal", () => {
     expect(fmt(ac.reason)).toEqual(fmt(new DOMException("The operation timed out.", "TimeoutError")));
     expect(ac.reason.code).toBe(23);
   });
+
+  // https://wpt.fyi/results/dom/abort/timeout.any.html "AbortSignal timeouts fire in order"
+  test("AbortSignal.timeout with equal deadlines fire in creation order", async () => {
+    const src = `
+      const order = [];
+      const done = Promise.withResolvers();
+      let remaining = 7;
+      const tick = v => { order.push(v); if (--remaining === 0) done.resolve(); };
+      for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+        const s = AbortSignal.timeout(5);
+        s.onabort = () => tick(i);
+      }
+      // setTimeout with the same delay is a reference: it already fires in
+      // creation order, and these signals should sort alongside it.
+      setTimeout(() => tick("t"), 5);
+      await done.promise;
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(order));
+    `;
+    await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", src],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    const [stdout, , exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+    expect(JSON.parse(stdout.trim())).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "t"]);
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
 });