diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/dump.py b/Lib/sqlite3/dump.py
index da6be68663e..de9c368be30 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/dump.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/dump.py
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ def _iterdump(connection):
         FROM "sqlite_master"
             WHERE "sql" NOT NULL AND
             "type" == 'table'
+            ORDER BY "name"
         """
     schema_res = cu.execute(q)
-    for table_name, type, sql in sorted(schema_res.fetchall()):
+    for table_name, type, sql in schema_res.fetchall():
         if table_name == 'sqlite_sequence':
             yield('DELETE FROM "sqlite_sequence";')
         elif table_name == 'sqlite_stat1':
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/dump.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/dump.py
index b200333afac..a1f45a46dc4 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/dump.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/dump.py
@@ -49,6 +49,27 @@ class DumpTests(unittest.TestCase):
         [self.assertEqual(expected_sqls[i], actual_sqls[i])
             for i in range(len(expected_sqls))]
 
+    def CheckUnorderableRow(self):
+        # iterdump() should be able to cope with unorderable row types (issue #15545)
+        class UnorderableRow:
+            def __init__(self, cursor, row):
+                self.row = row
+            def __getitem__(self, index):
+                return self.row[index]
+        self.cx.row_factory = UnorderableRow
+        CREATE_ALPHA = """CREATE TABLE "alpha" ("one");"""
+        CREATE_BETA = """CREATE TABLE "beta" ("two");"""
+        expected = [
+            "BEGIN TRANSACTION;",
+            CREATE_ALPHA,
+            CREATE_BETA,
+            "COMMIT;"
+            ]
+        self.cu.execute(CREATE_BETA)
+        self.cu.execute(CREATE_ALPHA)
+        got = list(self.cx.iterdump())
+        self.assertEqual(expected, got)
+
 def suite():
     return unittest.TestSuite(unittest.makeSuite(DumpTests, "Check"))
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 029c93007d8..f4fb8219cce 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #15545: Fix regression in sqlite3's iterdump method where it was
+  failing if the connection used a row factory (such as sqlite3.Row) that
+  produced unsortable objects. (Regression was introduced by fix for 9750).
+
 - Issue #16491: IDLE now prints chained exception tracebacks.
 
 - Issue #16828: Fix error incorrectly raised by bz2.compress(''). Patch by